# Need a good proxy address
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-proxy-address/375242
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [October 4, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-proxy-address/375242 "2006-10-04T14:28:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-proxy-address/375242/1 "2006-10-04T14:28:46Z")
Anyone got a good idea of a proxy address for web browsers? I’ve found lists, but still haven’t found one that has good speed for me. Thanks.
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### Author:  [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-proxy-address/375242/2 "2006-10-04T21:40:12Z")
> **[The Tor Project | Privacy & Freedom Online](https://tor.eff.org//)**
>
> Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.
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### Author:  [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-proxy-address/375242/3 "2006-10-04T23:30:22Z")
Nope, I don’t get it. Once again, the geeks have kind of assumed you know what you’re doing. Help files are hard to write, but that one didn’t address much. I’ve installed the programs, but they don’t seem to actually do anything. I’m still blocked by this proxy filter, and although I have a list of IP addresses, there aren’t any port numbers, which I’ve always seen on proxy lists. I don’t understand why one port isn’t as good as another, but I just follow the directions.
I’ve tried their IPs with my regular port, and that didn’t work. There doesn’t seem to be a Connect button in the program. I’m back to manually inputting a proxy address and port into Firefox, but even though I can reach this board, I still can’t get my MLB videos.
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### Author:  [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-proxy-address/375242/4 "2006-10-04T23:32:27Z")
OK, I guess I mean that Vidalia doesn’t seem to have visible buttons that tell me how to get this thing rolling.
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### Author:  [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-proxy-address/375242/5 "2006-10-05T15:45:49Z")
Well then perhaps the easiest thing to do is to download and use the program [Torpark](http://www.torrify.com/download.php). It’s TOR pre-integrated into the Firefox browser. _It just works_.