What host will allow a proxy server?
 

Anybody know of any that let you run a proxy server?

Let me change that. Who here is hosted somewhere that allows them to run a proxy server?

Not sure of one that wouldn't.

Im signed up with 2 atm lol.

bump.. :D

Unless you are doing something shady, I don't see any reason why a host wouldn't allow a proxy setup on a dedicated server...

what he said.

Any reason why they wouldn't? It's just a port open...

^^^^^^^^ if you mean one for personal use.

If you mean a open php-proxy for the public you might have problems after the first complaint over a user. If you want that I'd look to see what other public proxies are using for hosting.

PHP proxies will get you traffic but remember your IP is being used for the outbound connects. I bought about 10 of those sites (bargain price, too good to refuse) and they ended up putting a fairly excessive load on a P4 dedicated. Still trying to figure out what to do with them. :1orglaugh

alot of hosts won't allow open proxies on them. i looked into starting some proxy sites myself, but didn't feel like hooking up on another dedicated just to upstart a few proxies...

BTW I've also caught some people using scripted fetches, they were up to about 100,000 by the time I blocked them. Probably querying multiple proxy sites so they don't get blocked by the site they're scraping. (In this case it was Google)

sure icq me :)

I want to run phproxy on it, but only for me personally.

seriously...

I believe you sent me a message yesterday but my computer crashed and I lost it. Hit me up again and we can talk about your options.

www.phatservers.com

rowan, you just made me glad I didn't get that "deal" after all. ;-)

No, I didnt send anyone any messages.

I doubt this is going to cause any problems with any host, unless you're using it for something devious that you're too chicken to do from your own IP.

Be sure to password protect that directory so only you can use it.

Sly: it was still a good deal, just not in the long run when every horny Persian (that's the majority of the traffic) is hitting it hard every day :)

what about putting one of those on a virtual account so I can reply to emails with the site's ip ?

Honestly, get any host and a copy of tinyproxy

Hehe, that's the problem, they are damn hard to monetize nowadays, just too many around.

If you have a dedicated you can run whatever you want. You're hosting company may have issues if you are doing something illegal or dubious. Are we talking HTTP proxy or something else? Why do you want to run a proxy on your server?