Internet Proxy Server Installation and Usage
An Internet proxy server means a proxy server which is available for
clients over Internet. With CCProxy - A Windows OS based, easy-to-use
and
free proxy server software, you can build your own Internet proxy server easily and efficiently.
Step 1 - Internet Proxy Server Installation and Configuration
1. Download the latest version of CCProxy (V7.2) from the download center.
2. Install CCProxy on a computer which can access Internet directly. Just keep clicking "Next" to finish the installation.
Figure 1
3. "Options" -> "Advanced" -> "Networks", click to not select
the "Disable External Users" check box, then keep clicking the "OK"
button to save.
Figure 2
4. Keep all the other options of CCProxy as the default settings.
Step 2 - Internet Proxy Server Authentication Management
After
set up proxy server with
CCProxy, you can specify the authentication type for your Internet
proxy server in the "Account Manager" dialog box of CCProxy as bellow.
Figure 3
There are 2 authentication types for you to select:
Anonymous - please select "Permit All" for "Permit Category" as Figure 3.
Authentication required - please select "Permit Only" for "Permit
Category" and then select proper "Auth Type" as you wish (Figure 4).
Figure 4
CCProxy supports several authentication types such as "IP Address",
"MAC Address", "User/Password" and some combined auth types as you can
see in the "Account Manager" dialog box. For an Internet proxy server,
we recommend "User/Password" authentication type. It's difficult for
CCProxy to get exactly the clients' IP address and MAC address over
Internet because of the complex network conditions such as various
routers, switches, firewalls, antivirus softwares and so on.
Step 3 - Network Settings and Obtaining the Internet IP Address of Your Internet Proxy Server
If the CCProxy server is accessable for Internet clients, please ignore this step.
If it's behind a router/firewall, you need to open a hole in the
router/firewall and map port 808 and 1080 to the computer on which
CCProxy has been located. As a default setting, CCProxy uses port 808
and 1080 for HTTP and SOCKS proxy, these two protocols are mostly used.
If you want to use other proxy protocol such as FTP and News, you also
need to map corresponding ports to the CCProxy server. Figure 5 shows
the default ports CCProxy uses.
Figure 5
Before next step, you also need to obtain the Internet
proxy server address,
it should be an Internet IP address but not LAN IP address. Just google
for "IP query" or "query IP" or some other similar keywords and open
the website google has listed for you on your proxy server. Then you can
get the current Internet IP address of this Internet proxy server for
free.
Step 4 - Make Proxy Server Settings in The Browser Such as IE, Firefox and so on
Let's say your Internet proxy server's Internet IP address is
"208.113.200.5". Now you and your friends can make proxy settings in the
browser as bellow to surf with this proxy server.
Figure 6 - Proxy settings in IE
If you have selected "Permit All" for "Permit Category" as Figure 3,
client computers can surf directly via this proxy server. If you have
selected "Permit Only" for "Permit Category" and "User/Password" for
"Auth Type", it will require username and password when you surf via
this proxy server.
Figure 7 - Proxy settings in Firefox
