Let’s talk about shared proxies. Not the best proxy package you can buy. But nevertheless, private shared proxies can help you develop your projects with a limited budget. Moreover, if your project requires several tens or hundreds of proxies, shared proxies should be your first go-to tool. At least while you are developing your tool. So, if you are looking to buy shared proxies, consider this guide with seven secrets on shared proxies as a part knowledge base, part buying guide.
1. You don’t know if its a shared proxy or not
This sounds a bit tricky, but the truth is that even if you buy a shared proxy, you don’t know if it’s shared with someone else, or if you are the only user of it.
Shared proxies are called shared proxies because their usage is split between several users. However, sometimes, those other users might not use their proxies at all, or their projects are stopped for a given period of time. Thus, the proxy’s usage and performance are all yours to take advantage of.
2. Shared proxies users are unknown
Shared proxies are not part of a social network. So you do not know who else is using the same proxies as you. The drawback here is that sometimes, these are users might be malicious authors. And the only concern for you is that they might abuse the private proxies you share with them and block them. Thus, limiting your connectivity.
However, security measures are set in place, and the malicious activity is almost detected and blocked. But it might take a period of time until all this happens. This is why we advocate buying dedicated private proxies to have full control over what commands pass through your private proxies.
3. Shared proxies are cheap because they are shared
Have you wondered why shared proxies are cheap? The short answer is that their costs are divided among the proxy users.
In other words, once you buy a shared proxy, you split everything with the other users, including the costs of managing that proxy. However, not only the costs are split between users, but also their performance. This is why in the private proxy world you get what you pay for. And the cheaper the shared proxy, the more users are using it. Thus, limiting your projects connectivity, performance and results.
4. You can use shared proxies for anything
This statement doesn’t require any explanation. If you need to use a proxy, chances are you can use a shared one. But there is a major drawback. While in theory, you can use a shared proxy for almost anything, it is not recommended. Especially if you plan on using the shared proxy to login to certain websites where account authentication is required. Such as social media accounts. Because, as it was mentioned above, by using a shared proxy, you risk using a shared proxy abused by others, thus these proxies might be banned by certain online platforms. And you will not even be allowed to connect to these platforms. So, while you can use shared proxies for everything, do not use them. Actually, you should look for dedicated private proxies for special use.
5. Some shared proxies where dedicated proxies
Sounds confusing, isn’t it? Actually, it is not. A proxy is shared when the connection and its IP is divided among several members. So, the proxies history and previous usage is unknown. Thus, as far as we might know, a shared proxies could have been a dedicated proxy with a virgin IP. But after using this IP for several services, the provider could decide to use it as a shared proxy and allow other users to connect through it as well.
6. You can use shared proxies manually
In appearance, a shared proxy is identical with a private one, you will receive it in the format of IP:PORT with auth details attached to it. Therefore, if you know the IP, PORT and auth details, you can use your shared proxy manually, by setting it through a proxy tool such as proxychains or proxyfire. Or you can even set it in your browser to divert your traffic and requests through it.
7. Shared proxies are safe
We left this thing as the last one, but not the least. Contrary to what some people think, shared proxies are safe to use. Even if they are shared between several users, using shared proxies you will not face any security risks. The only risk is that your proxies could be flagged and blocked due to other users. But your connection and data will not be sniffed by other participants. Therefore, you should never worry about the safety and security of your data transmited over shared proxies.
Friday, January 5, 2018
