The Magus Net proxy is a great free public proxy server based in Arizona, USA. It can be quiet busy and can be slow or down some times. They provide free HTTP, FTP, WAIS and GOPHER proxy service and also offer a pay service for SSL & SSH. and now have added a demo for SSL.
The Magus Net delgate proxy can be used in your browser setting or manually in the url window. It also allows chaining before and after their proxy:
Example HTTP:
http://magusnet.com:8084/-_-http://www.destination.domain
Example FTP:
http://magusnet.com:8084/-_-ftp://ftp.destination.domain
- Currently active ports: 3128,8081,8082,8083,9000,10080
3128 - Local - Access by Account Holders Only
8081 - Local - Public Access
8082 - Chained thru Ringer DeleGate Proxy in Japan
8083 - Chained thru NRL Onion Router in US - Operated by US.Navy
8084 - WAS chained thru Lucent Personal WWW Assistant in US
LPWA has gone pay-only(proxymate.com).
Port closed July 14, 1999
See http://www.lpwa.com for details.
9000 - Local - Encrypts with SSL between your browser and this Proxy
0080 - Local - Public Access
Magus Net proxy hosts can also be reached as:
magusnet.gilbert.az.us