I've got a server side application that will be querying an external web-page a number of times. I’d like to use a proxy connection to access the external website and help mask where this query is coming from. This proxy would need to be stable, i.e. not a free one that disappears all the time. What sort of proxy should I be looking for and where could I get it from?
That is what everyone wants. But you do not have control over the proxy server hardware. Your best bet is to get a cheap webhosting account and redirect through it. Many web hosts do not allow proxy software that take a lot of bandwidth so do your research accordingly. You may want to look at http://whitefyre.com/poxy/ if your going the route I suggested