How to Detect Anonymity of Proxy?

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When adding a HTTP Proxy within my Firefox Options panel, I have noticed sometimes when Querying google for My Ip the result would return my real IP, whilst other times it would return the Ip of the Proxy I applied.

When obtaining a Proxy they are mostly assigned a type which is commonly refered to as

  • Elite (webserver cannot detect you are using a proxy)
  • Anonymous (Web server can detect you are using a proxy but not your real IP)
  • Transparent (web server can find your real ip)

After doing some research I have found that some proxies send/apply the following headers

HTTP_CLIENT_IP:
HTTP_FORWARDED:
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR: 11.11.11.11:62728
HTTP_VIA:
HTTP_PROXY_CONNECTION:

When browsing with a Proxy applied, I have tried to search my headers using Firefox Extention LiveHttpHeaders, but I am unable to see any of the following headers - yet Google is able to detect my real IP.

How can I search for these headers?

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With your proxy applied, point your browser to http://request.urih.com/. This page will show all of the headers in the HTTP request, including those that you copied in your question if they are there.