If we have to take care for more than one location connected with main server over internet trough VPN tunnel, we have all rights to define what type of internet traffic is allowed.

Reality: Computer users usually like to make complaints about how every application is working slow, how internet is slow, how nothing is like it should be.  In that cases I suggest to do following: check what processes are running and check proxy server statistic.  in most cases it is not internal Information System that work slow, but user's computer that got virus or some simple P2P protocol traffic or just internet radio.

What is amazing is that when P2P traffic is not working as it should, there is no real complain.

Why Internet traffic should be filtered in companies: The main reasons are security, reliability and availability. We can provide this by using firewall, proxy servers and anti-virus software. Today there are many good solutions available, we just have to choose one.

How: First of all we have to have clear company policy on that issue.  Every employee should be aware of it and must be familiar with it.

User awareness: Education of employees is a very important factor on which we must not forget. They should learn about possible dangers on the Internet and about consequences of improper use of web browsing. It should be explained that it is not about censoring the content it's only about filtering the dangerous type of internet traffic, that could bring us a lot of trouble, costs and in the worst scenario some real damage.

Conclusion: Internet is a perfect way to get information. Use it at work as a tool that can give you some advantage, not as a tool that slows down your work. Every company should have an an Internet use policy and should combine it with some network monitoring tools or filters.

Use it for fun, music, tourist info and games at home. You should also use good anti-virus software and some basic firewall on your home PC. (that 's another story)

If you specify a proxy in Germany, then every single web based transaction will go through that server. As far as the destination website is concerned, you are located in Germany. This can add some delay to the connection, however, since you now need to take an extra hop to get the destination website. E.g.,

Before the connection would go from: your host  destination website

With a proxy in place the connection looks like: your host  Proxy  destination website

Normally, however, if you are using a proxy this is not a problem. Your main concern is privacy rather than connection speed.

Setting up a proxy server connection in your web browser is quite easy. The steps are outlined below:

1. Find a decent public proxy server list. I found this site to be quite useful: 
2. Pick a proxy server that you want to use. This site has proxies available in Poland, Italy, USA, Brazil, etc..
3. Modify your browser's proxy settings to point to the new browser. In Firefox: tools  options  advanced  settings  manual proxy configuration  (enter the proxy IP address under HTTP proxy and click “use this proxy server for all protocols”  click the OK button

Restart your browser and you are now ready to go! If ever you want to disable your proxy server connection just go back into Firefox and reset the connection settings to the previous value (likely Direct Connection the Internet).

For completeness sake, it's worth also mentioning that there are programs that you can buy that automate all this for you. Some examples are ProxyWay and NetAdjust. Personally, I find it more satisfying to manually modify my own browser settings, but I could imagine this programs are also good if you want to auto proxy other apps such as ftp, mirc, etc…

As it already has been pointed out there isn't any silver bullet solution to stopping all of the spam that we receive, but there are ways to stopping most of it. Depending how bad a person wants to put an end to the problem these websites will help solve at least most of the problems that spammers inundate us with. Read on and use the tools provided here in this article and start living nearly a spam-free life, now.

1. Spaml

Using a disposal email address when filling out membership forms to your favorite website or forum will allow you to keep your real email address both personal and private from prying eyes. This is a fantastic and easy to use disposable email address proxy that generates its users a temporary email address, so to receive confirmation emails without having to give out your real email address to total strangers. This is not the type of email address that spammers want to bother with, because they are only good for one-time and then afterwards are disposed of.

2. Audit My PC

This website offers webmasters and businesses a free anti-spammers solution that will turn the spammers' world upside-down and inside out in just one-click of the mouse. Spammers often use Spam-Bots to search the web for email addresses to add to their databases, so to send out more spam. The Audit My Pc solution feeds these Spam-bots with fake email addresses that will make the spammers' email lists worthless and cause the spammers to have to clean out their databases and start over from the beginning.

3. Anti-spam Techniques

Wikipedia offers a wide range of subjects and topics on just about anything that a person can imagine or would be interested in. This is an excellent article about anti-spam techniques that the average person could use to start stopping spam. The more that a person understands about spam and how spammers work, then the better chance they have turning the tables on the spammers that consistently make the Internet experience a living hell.

4. Arachnoid

Since learning as much as possible about how spammers work and how they collect our email addresses this website offers an impressive look inside the world of spamming. It offers additional solutions to prevent and protect your computer from spammers.

5. SpamCop.net

If you could report unsolicited email to an organization, so to stop spammers from sending you anymore-unwanted email, would you use it? SpamCop is an organization that allows private Internet citizens to report unsolicited email (spam) to and they will do the rest for you. This is a great little Internet tool that will surely cause some headaches for those anonymous spammers bugging us on a daily basis.

6. ASSP

ASSP has developed a nifty piece of anti-spam software that is easy to install, use and is free to use for personal use. It works with the SMTP server and stops spam in its tracks, before it can be dropped into your email inbox. There are so many features regarding this anti-spam software that this brief description just doesn't do it any justice. Visit the website and read the benefits for yourself and you'll agree with this statement.

7. MyTrashMail.com

Here is another Internet tool that webmasters and bloggers can use to protect your computers from spammers. This website provides users with a little piece of code that can be cut and paste to any web page and when spam-bots invade your personal space they are comforted with hundreds of fake email addresses that they carry back to the spammers' spam email database, thus rendering the spammers' email list worthless.

8. BlackMail

According to BlackMail their Free Anti-Spam Software is “a highly configurable SMTP mail filter that runs at a system level as a proxy to your existing mailer.” The computer program selectively rejects bogus or spam email during receipt and will block unwanted mail relaying, if your mailer is unable to do so on its own. This is an outstanding spam filter that checks against spam sites, spam keywords, RBL (Real-time Blackhole List) and much, much more.

9. MailWasher

MailWasher is an excellent email receiving and filtering program that allows its users to check and manage emails before downloading them into their computer. The email received will be stored on the Internet instead of being delivered directly into your computer hard drive. Users can choose to block, bounce, black list or receive the email that they receive with this easy to use anti-spam Internet tool. I have been using this program for years and I can personally testify that this is an excellent email and anti-spam tool to use. It is Free and fun to use.

10. Grisoft Free AVG Anti-Spam Software

Grisoft, the makers of AVG anti-virus and AVG Anti-Rootkit Free has done it again by developing probably one of the finest anti-spyware programs called AVG Anti-Spyware Free Edition 7.5. This computer program scans your hard drive for spyware, malware and eliminates most spam instantly. This software is completely free to download and use for personal use only. I use it daily and it is honestly the best program of its kind that I have found, tested and used.

11. Virtu-Software “Spam”

Spam is not only a headache to receive and dispose of at times, but much of these unwanted, unsolicited emails contain promises of fortune, fake PayPal and eBay notices and other types of Spam scams that cost the world billions of dollars in losses every year. This website offers its visitors an opportunity to avoid becoming the next Spam Scam victim and gives its users the tools to spot and avoid the spammers' scam traps that they have set for the unsuspecting Internet user.

The more knowledgeable that the average Internet user becomes, then the less opportunity that the spammers will have to sending out their bulk spam to the world. While there isn't any foolproof way of stopping all spam at least there are tools and a wealth of information available on the web to save us time and money that these spammers are costing our businesses and personal incomes.

Today. Right now! We can take the power back from those spammers that have been consistently causing us to curse every time we open our email Inbox, just to be comforted with every sort of spam possible. The power is yours, so use it wisely.

So, who hasn't ever heard of MySpace by now? The last time I checked, there were over 112 million members interacting on the extremely popular social network owned by the leading search engine company Google. Not that's more cybercitizens than most countries and many nations combined. Now that is a huge cyberstate of differing personalities as proudly displayed throughout the millions and millions of MySpace member profile pages on the world's largest social network.

MySpace kindly resembles “King Arthur's Round Table”, because no matter who you are every new member starts out with a MySpace default profile page void of any personality and flare. In the beginning, everyone starts out equally and after that, it's up to the new member to creatively transform his or her profile page into something personal to him or her.

Since some members are more computer savvy or process a higher degree of creativity, many MySpace profile pages reflects the talent and hard work of these members. It is always entertaining to visit a profile page that employs fantastic background art and graphics. Coupled with interesting videos and music maybe followed with photos of people, places or things that is alien to other visiting members. All of this work translates into a very cool MySpace profile page.

The following list of websites are dedicated to provide quality and creative Internet tools and widgets to help make your MySpace profile page burst with personality and flare that will leave a good first impression on all who visit your MySpace profile page. Even if you already understand html, this list can make getting the job done a bit easier.

1. Freecodesource

   This is the perfect online source of MySpace customizing Internet tools of both the novice and the advance computer user. Here visitors can choose from a enormous collection of MySpace layouts, graphics, cursors and games that can be used to customize MySpace profile pages. Membership is free and turn-on your popup blocker, because I did encounter popup ads.

2. Pyzam

   This is a great website for anyone who has a MySpace, Facebook, or Friendster presence, because of its entertaining assortment of flash toys and games that can be used to add deeper and richer personality to any social network that they're involved in. These games and toys are 100% original and hand made by the talented designers at Pyzam.

3. Zoomza

   If you are shopping around looking for some of the hottest layouts, graphics, backgrounds and proxies, then this is the site for you. Choose from thousands of professional looking layouts and graphics to add to your MySpace profile pages. Registration is required

4. SnapLayout

   This is a great MySpace profile editor that makes customizing your profile page quicker and easier, then working with the default profile page that MySpace provides to new members. The drag and drop features that SnapLayout provides allows users to quick and easily change layouts, backgrounds, colors, patterns, and slideshows to their MySpace profile page. This is a wonderful tool for beginners especially.

5. Widgetbox

   Games, games and more games, this is a beautiful website with hundreds of flash video games to select from and add to a MySpace page or a blog. Widgetbox offers more than just video games, but also offers an array of other useful widgets that can make any MySpace page or blog even more interesting and keeping the visitors coming back for more.

6. MyGen 2.5

   This is probably one of the simplest MySpace profile generator Internet tools that I have seen. Its instructions are pretty much straightforward as all you have to do is select one of five tabs that represent, each of the five sections of your MySpace profile page and start editing it to your satisfaction. MyGen 2.5 will generate the MySpace code to be added to the MySpace account belonging to the user designing their profile page, once the user has finished editing. A very easy editing program to use whether you are a beginner or a pro.

7. Photobucket

   This handy website is fantastic for anyone who desires to have more storage space for their photos. Members can store their photos, share them with the world on the web or keep them private it the user chooses or cut and paste a little code and add them to their MySpace page, Facebook, blog or include a picture into an email. Membership is free and required to gain access to the sites full benefits and tools.

8. Flikzor

   This is an excellent website for anyone looking to add a little technology to their MySpace page or blog, so that they can send and receive video messages from their friends. Membership is free and required.

9. SNOCAP

   This is an outstanding opportunity for musicians to expand their marketing and distribution capabilities on the Internet. Members of SNOCAP are given the abilities to sell their own music on MySpace and beyond. You set the prices that your music sells for, and then SNOCAP collects the money for the songs purchase and they pay you. Members can easily monitor their sells and the musician owns their copyrights to their music. Basic membership is free.

10. Sploder

    You can never have enough games in the video game age and Sploder offers a unique collection of flash video games that users can add to their MySpace page, blog or even email to friends or family. The game quality here isn't the top of the line, but is more along the lines of many old DOS games, not pretty to look at, but fun to play. Membership is free and required.

Disclaimer: The websites on this list are not affiliated in a business relationship with the author Nelson Doyle. The websites on this list are not paid advertisers and were selected by Nelson Doyle, because of their creative contributions to millions upon millions of MySpace users and bloggers worldwide.