If you want to surf the Web anonymously, you need to use a proxy server to mask your IP address. To avoid using third-party tools, Mozilla Firefox enables you to connect through a proxy by default.

A proxy server sits between your computer and the Internet, taking requests from your Web browser and sending them on to servers using its own network address. This can help with security, since it ...

does anyone know of a method to either convince firefox or a caching proxy server to parse links on a page that contain particular types of content (in my case html and images) and prefetch that image ...

So, I'm not quite sure if this should go here, the Networking Matrix, or Linux Kung-Fu. But, since the client that I'm currently on is a Win7 box, I'm starting here. Laptop (client) setup: Win7 x64; I ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Observing, pondering, and writing about tech. Generally in that order. The Firefox web browser has been through some dramatic ...