How to Make a Proxy: What’s the Easiest Way to Set One Up? or How to Make a Proxy – Any Simple Method

For a *super* basic proxy, just use Google’s Public DNS or OpenDNS. Not the same, but close enough for some use cases.

If you want a full proxy, Squid is the go-to, but yeah, it’s not noob-friendly. Maybe find a pre-built VM image?