06. vpn versus proxy

two concepts:

Proxy Server

In computer networks, a proxy server is a server (a computer system or an application) that acts as an intermediary for requests from clients
seeking resources from other servers.
Your computer would connect to the proxy server and make a request for a resource (say a web page). The proxy server then goes and gets the
resource, and then passes it back to you.

VPN

A virtual private network (VPN) is a computer network that uses a public telecommunication infrastructure such as the Internet to provide remote
offices or individual users with secure access to their organization’s network.

You connect your computer (or network) to a remote network through a virtual network connection.
This is effectively the same as running a cable from the remote network to your computer, but a lot cheaper.
Your computer is then a part of the remote network.
Requests for internet resources (or resources on the remote network) travel down the virtual
connection and through the remote network to the internet as if it were
the computer’s internet connection.

what’s the difference?

VPNs are more difficult to set up but any software that uses the internet can be run as is when using a VPN.

Proxy servers are cheaper and often easier to set up for mass users, but they require specific software support at the user’s end to make the
requests to the proxy server.

==> proxie configuratie in the applicatie ,
de applicatie moet dus proxies ondersteunen

In general a VPN can only support a connection between one computer or
network and the remote network. To handle multiple users you need to set
up multiple VPNs. (There are special-case exceptions to this but most of
the time this is the case).
A single proxy server can service hundreds or thousands of users.

https://www.socks-proxy.net