Proxy glossary: proxy, payment and privacy terms explained

Identity checks a company runs on its customers, usually with an ID document, a selfie or company papers. Many proxy providers now require KYC; see the Proxy KYC Index 2026. Nameless Proxy requires none (no-KYC proxies).

The company version of KYC: checks on a business's registration, ownership and activity. Some providers require KYB for sensitive use cases or higher volumes.

Laws and controls meant to stop criminals from moving or hiding illegal funds. Banks, exchanges and payment firms apply AML rules, which is one reason they often require KYC.

Nameless Proxy's login: a random 16-digit number, shown in groups of four. It is created without any personal data. Email, password and two-factor authentication are optional extras.

Time-based one-time passwords: six-digit codes from an authenticator app that change every 30 seconds. On Nameless Proxy, TOTP is optional and protects the dashboard login.

The rules every customer accepts: what the proxies may and may not be used for, which targets are blocked and how abuse is handled. Read ours: Acceptable Use Policy.

The team and address that handle complaints about traffic from a provider's network. Ours is [email protected], with a reply as a priority (report abuse).

A proxy that exits through an IP address an ISP assigned to a home connection, so traffic looks like an ordinary household user. See residential proxies.

A proxy that exits through a mobile carrier's network, from a phone or a 4G/5G modem. See 4G/5G mobile proxies.

A proxy whose IP address is registered to a consumer ISP but runs on a server in a data centre. The address looks residential and stays the same.

A proxy on an IP address owned by a hosting or cloud company. It is fast and inexpensive, but websites recognise data-centre ranges easily.

One carrier modem rented to a single customer for a set period, such as a day, a week or a month. You decide when its IP changes.

A shared pool of carrier IPs billed per GB instead of per port. At Nameless Proxy it starts at $1.50/GB.

The device or address that sends your request to the target website. The website sees the exit node's IP, not yours.

Code that app developers embed so that users' devices can share bandwidth with a proxy network. Consent and disclosure are what separate legitimate SDKs from abusive ones; see our sourcing policy.

A technique that lets an ISP or carrier share one public IPv4 address among many subscribers (RFC 6888). It is common on mobile networks, so one mobile IP can represent many real users.

The number that identifies a network with its own routing policy, such as an ISP or a mobile carrier (RFC 1930). Nameless Proxy does not offer ASN targeting today.

The single host you connect to, which forwards each request to an exit IP. Ours is gw.namelessproxy.com: port 7777 for HTTP and HTTPS, port 7778 for SOCKS5.

The HTTP method a proxy uses to open a tunnel for HTTPS traffic (RFC 9110). The proxy sees the destination host and port, but not the encrypted content.

A proxy protocol that sits between the application and the transport layer (RFC 1928). Clients can send a hostname instead of an IP address, so the proxy resolves DNS.

A mode in which each new request, or each new connection, can exit from a different IP. It is the default when the username contains no session ID.

A mode in which the same session ID keeps the same exit IP. On Nameless Proxy, a sticky session lasts for up to 60 minutes; the ttl part of the username format USERNAME-country-{cc}-city-{city}-session-{id}-ttl-{minutes} sets the minutes.

Choosing where the exit IP is located, by country or by city. On Nameless Proxy you set it in the proxy username, for example -country-ke for Kenya.

A list of your own IP addresses that may use the proxies without a password. It suits servers with a fixed address; see the quick-start guide.

A separate set of proxy credentials under one subscription, with its own optional traffic cap. Agencies use sub-users to give each client separate access.

Changing the IP of a dedicated mobile port. On Nameless Proxy it works by a rotation link (https://namelessproxy.com/api/v1/mobile/{port}/rotate?key=API_KEY), by API or on a timer, takes about 5–15 seconds, and is limited to once per 30 seconds per port (rotation guide).

A gigabyte counted as 1,000,000,000 bytes, not 1,073,741,824. Nameless Proxy bills traffic in decimal GB.

5G New Radio is the fifth-generation radio standard; 4G/LTE is the generation before it. Non-standalone (NSA) 5G uses 5G radio with a 4G core network; standalone (SA) 5G uses a 5G core.

How you pay at Nameless Proxy: you top up a USD balance in crypto (BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC), then buy any plan from it, and the credentials appear at once. Minimum top-up $25; unused balance stays on your account (never expires, non-refundable). See pricing.

A new block added on top of the block that holds your transaction. Merchants wait for a set number before they credit a payment. At Nameless Proxy, a top-up is credited after the number shown on the top-up screen, for example 2 for Bitcoin and 12 for Ethereum.

The token standard on the Tron network, used by USDT. A TRC-20 transfer uses network resources (Bandwidth and Energy); when the sender has none available, TRX is burned to pay for them (pay with USDT).

The token standard on Ethereum, used by USDT and USDC. Each transfer pays a gas fee in ETH, which rises and falls with network demand (pay with Ethereum).

Automated collection of data from websites. Scraping public data is a common use of proxies; respect site terms and data-protection law (web scraping).

Search engine results page. SEO teams use proxies in different countries and cities to see local results (SEO and SERP tracking).

Checking that ads, creatives and landing pages appear correctly, and to the right audience, in each location (ad verification).

A limit on how many requests a client may send in a period. Websites rate-limit by IP and other signals; proxy APIs do too, for example one mobile rotation per 30 seconds per port.

Identifying a browser by its combination of settings, such as screen size, fonts and version. A proxy changes your IP, not your fingerprint.