More and more employers and universities are becoming aware of the amount of time their employees or students are spending using the Internet for personal reasons. There are many network applications that do not support working through proxy servers and thus cannot be used behind a LAN or firewall(s). These can compromise corporate privacy and lead you to many other restrictions. Proxy Servers
. are in the format xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxx where xxx is any numeric digit. They are in the form of an IP with a Port. Almost all browsers e.g Firefox or IE allow you to surf the Internet using proxy servers. You can go to http://www.sizlopedia.com/2007/05/16/how-to-use-proxy-servers-to-bypass-firewalls/ for complete instructions. You can also visit http://www.buzzsurf.com/surfatwork/ for more detailed instructions and illustrations.
