ZeroTrace OSINT
Proxy & Anonymity
Four tools for validating proxies, discovering proxy sources, and previewing what a request looks like through a proxy.
The Proxy & Anonymity discipline covers the toolkit's proxy-validation utilities. They are the lightweight versions of the more comprehensive ZeroTrace Proxy suite — useful when you need a quick proxy check inside your investigation without leaving the OSINT toolkit.
What's in this section
| Tool | What it does | Best when |
|---|---|---|
| Proxy validation | Check whether a proxy works, measure latency, detect leaks, classify anonymity | You have a proxy list and need to know which entries are alive |
| Proxy discovery | Scrape free proxy lists from public sources | You need new proxies and do not have a list |
| Proxy viewer | Send a request through a proxy and inspect the full response | You want to see exactly what a target sees when you connect through a proxy |
When to use these vs. ZeroTrace Proxy
The OSINT toolkit's proxy tools are deliberately lightweight:
- Single-shot operations — check one proxy, scrape one source, view one response.
- Inline with your investigation — pivot directly from a proxy result into the rest of the OSINT toolkit.
- No long-running runtime — the OSINT tools do not run a local proxy endpoint for you to point your browser at.
If you need:
- Continuous proxy validation at scale.
- Saved proxy pools with tags and metadata.
- A local rotation runtime for routing your own traffic.
- Multi-hop chains with health monitoring.
— use the dedicated ZeroTrace Proxy suite. Both tools coexist; pick the one that matches the scope of the work.
The OSINT toolkit's proxy tools share underlying logic with ZeroTrace Proxy. Findings from either application are interoperable — proxy lists, validation results, and check formats are common.
Common starting points
| You have... | Best first tool |
|---|---|
| A proxy list of unknown freshness | Proxy validation |
| A target you want to anonymise traffic to | Proxy discovery (then validation) |
| A proxy you want to verify behaves correctly against a specific URL | Proxy viewer |
What the toolkit does not do here
- Browser-wide proxying. This toolkit does not configure your operating system's proxy settings. Use ZeroTrace Proxy's rotation runtime if you need a local proxy endpoint.
- VPN provision. ZeroTrace does not operate a VPN. The proxy tools work with whatever proxy infrastructure you bring to them.
- Anonymous browsing. The toolkit's tools route their own requests through validated proxies (when you configure that in settings) — they do not anonymise your separate browser sessions.