I am looking for a good fast windows based proxy server... yes it sounds incredibly lame and indeed it is, but its what I want to try. Here's the deal :<BR><BR>I migrated completely to linux and BSD ...

Proxies are great for web scraping and improving network performance. But using one comes with risks and limitations.

Proxy servers accept and forward Internet requests on behalf of a host. Using a proxy server in front of a host can be done for a number of reasons, including content filtering and location security.