Beginners guide to using Facebook proxies at work

We've all had that afternoon lull.  Getting back to work after lunch is a real drag, and knowing that you've got another four hours until that time when you can finally drag your butt back home is worse.  It would be so much easier if you could just 'ease' back into your day.  Why not check out what's happening on Facebook?  But your boss thought of that, and Facebook has been blocked by some kind of crazy, anti-fun firewall.  I'm here to tell you, that you don't have to give up - not just yet.  With a proxy, you can unblock Facebook and other sites. Check out the facts about Facebook proxies for work.So a Facebook is just a name, and Facebook.com is just a URL.  A URL is a number letter representation of an IP address, which is the location of all the stored files of a site.  And this is how our computers and websites communicate - with the number of an IP address.  When a firewall gets involved, it blocked these numbers, and prevents communication.  So the simplest route is to reroute your communication through a third party.This is like when you played 'telephone' as a kid.  One person tells another person something and then that person tells you.  You respond in the same manner - through the middle person - so although you're getting the message, it's not directly.  A proxy server works kind of like the.  It stores temporary information from sites and updates frequently based on user requests.  That means when you connect to a proxy server, you could be getting a stored version of the site you want to see (Facebook), or you could be getting a newly requested version of the site.  Either way, its the proxy you're talking to, not Facebook.Because the Facebook IP address is blocked, and not the proxy IP, you're able to view Facebook.  The same works for any blocked site, and this is essentially how a Facebook proxy at work will allow you access to sites that firewalls have blocked.  There are free proxies known as "open proxies", and various kinds of software to find open proxies, or proxy services to provide you access to private proxy servers.