Grand Portal Proxy

A proxy is a service that allows access to websites blocked in different countries, while hiding your own IP address. It is a kind of intermediary between the end server and the owner's computer. A VPN provides an encrypted connection to the network, which not only allows you to keep your privacy, hide your IP address, encrypt Internet traffic, but also bypasses firewalls.

A proxy server acts as an intermediary between the client and the requested Internet resource. It is assigned the role of a kind of gateway or filter, which is responsible for submitting a request, receiving the required information and providing it to the user. The proxy server, if necessary, can make changes in incoming and outgoing data, the nature of which will depend on the type of proxy and its settings.

Technically, the ISP cannot block all VPN servers. But it is possible to block some of them. In this case, you can use any other VPN service. But you have to be careful with "free" ones, as they often make money from collecting and selling users' confidential data.

You can use Selenium WebDriver to find out the URL of the active tab in the browser. Here's an example using Python with Selenium:

from selenium import webdriver

# Create a WebDriver instance (assuming Chrome in this example)
driver = webdriver.Chrome()

try:
    # Navigate to a website
    driver.get("https://www.example.com")

    # Get the URL of the active tab
    current_url = driver.current_url
    print("URL of the active tab:", current_url)

    # Perform other actions as needed

finally:
    # Close the browser window
    driver.quit()

In this example:

• driver.get("https://www.example.com") navigates to a specific website.
• driver.current_url retrieves the URL of the currently active tab.

Make sure to replace "https://www.example.com" with the actual URL you want to navigate to.

Keep in mind that this method retrieves the URL of the currently active tab. If you have multiple tabs open and you want to switch between them, you can use the driver.window_handles method to get a list of window handles and then switch to the desired window. For example:

# Open a new tab or window
driver.execute_script("window.open('about:blank', '_blank');")

# Switch to the newly opened tab
driver.switch_to.window(driver.window_handles[1])

# Get the URL of the active tab
new_tab_url = driver.current_url
print("URL of the new tab:", new_tab_url)

This code opens a new tab, switches to it, and then retrieves the URL of the new tab.

Regular Windows functionality has a minimum of settings for proxies. Therefore, it is recommended to use third-party applications for this purpose. For example, Proxy Switcher or Proxifier. There you can not only set the server characteristics but also, for example, create a folder for packets of traffic that are transmitted through the local network.