What is a proxy?

[Bakster]

 

[BladeSabre]

Normally your computer makes a connection to the server. If you use a proxy, your computer makes a connection to the proxy, and the proxy makes a connection to the server on your behalf.

[Bakster]

And what's the point of that?

[exiledragon]

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[BladeSabre]

The point is that the server then sees the proxy's IP address instead of yours. This can be used for protection, or to do bad things.