How often are proxies to obfuscate internet traffic used? Do most companies connect directly to the Internet (after using a proxy to cache and filter content), or is there some obfuscation of their traffic, is that permissible?
I was curious to know if there are better ways to track a page view from a particular client even if their IP address changes without the use of cookies. The best guess would be to use their http headers (user agent, locale), but that doesn't provide that much information.
There were several questions here.
- How often are proxies used to obfuscate traffic?
- Do companies do this?
- How to best identify a unique visitor without relying on cookies / remote address.