Why is Smart DNS better than proxy?
Everybody knows that there are as many proxy servers as we want on the Web. This fact is a major plus, but we bet, when you get to learn about them, you’ll think twice before using proxy servers again for protecting your personal data. Being a service that unblocks restricted websites ensuring your data is private, Smart DNS does not offer anonymity but it has a plus that makes it more preferable than proxy. So, here we are with a question “in this chapter”: Why is Smart DNS better than proxy?
What is a proxy first and how it works
We need to define it. A proxy server is a dedicated computer or an application (software) that acts as an intermediary for client requests asking for resources from other servers.
How it works? You connect to the proxy server trying to request some service (file, connection, web page etc.) and the proxy server estimates the requisition as a method to simplify and control its intricacy. Basically proxy works like another computer with a role of “a nave” which processes all internet requests and it is used for multiple reasons: to filter browsed web content, to maintain anonymity when surfing the internet, to go around security restrictions, to screen downloads and uploads. At the same time if you intend to surf anonymously then proxies can hide your home IP address.
By connecting to the internet through proxies, only the IP of the proxy server will be shown. This will insure your privacy, but will not let you to continue working freely with your bank accounts for instance, as proxy unlike Smart DNS affects your IP address. And every time you’ll try to visit other than Spotify or Hulu website which are blocked, you may get difficulties accessing it. Usually in this kind of situation users get this message: “You are attempting to login from a different IP Address that does not match the country you signed up from.”
Why is Smart DNS better than proxy?
- With Smart DNS you can go on and work at the same time on your accounts like your bank, gmail and many other online services. Smart DNS service allows you to watch regional sites with restricted content from all over the world. There is a huge list of restricted sites which we cannot access without unblocking them. This is what Smart DNS comes for and this is what it focuses on.
- Smart DNS is better than proxy because it sets up multiple countries at the same time, meaning that it simultaneously unblocks various restricted websites from more than one country. We can not say the same thing about proxy, as it unblocks regional restricted sites from one country at one use. Smart DNS gives you access to blocked websites. Unlike Proxy, Smart DNS service shields the relevant traffic so you can access blocked websites. Imagine a big-net that you would catch every fish in the lake with. Proxy works pretty much like that, but sometimes we don’t want some of the “fishes”, so it is not really desirable to have non-essential “fish” in your computer.
- Smart DNS speed is higher than proxy’s speed, as unlike proxy, Smart DNS has direct access to the website content, without involving a third party application. And Smart DNS works on more devices than proxy does.
- Smart DNS can be set for all applications simultaneously, while with proxy each application should be set separately, one by one. Another thing that you can not do with proxy is that Smart DNS may be set on your router, so you can anytime have access to your favorite media websites through all existing devices in your house: Smartphone, PC, tablet, laptop etc.
Alright, all these sound good to us. Smart DNS service unblocks our favorite websites so we can access them worldwide with our provider’s original speed. There are proxies that can provide you with service, but not too many are reliable, fast and secure as Smart DNS is. Even more, there are some proxies which are absolutely free and some which cost money. You are the one who chooses, but why pay for service which is a lot slower, less reliable and less useful than Smart DNS?