httpd.nu does not exist any more. The name stopped resolving, so a browser cannot even find a server to ask, and the last time anything answered there was March 2015.
What it was
The Internet Archive's first working copy of httpd.nu is from March 2015 and it holds 10 days of captures in total.
The page called itself "Httpd - France Proxy". It ran on PHProxy, the script behind most free web proxies of that era.
You may wonder how browsing history has been traced by the prying eyes and sometimes your internet connection is blocked by the firewall.
That is the site's own description, from the capture of 19 March 2015.
It was listed on workingproxysites.com, a directory of free web proxies, 12 years ago, and that listing counted 324 clicks through to it. The directory recorded it as United States.
When it stopped
The last capture that shows the proxy itself is from 19 March 2015 and the archive kept visiting until 10 August 2018.
What the name does today
We checked httpd.nu on 10 September 2026 from our own server. The name does not resolve: there is no address behind it, so nothing can be served from it.
People still look for it: 10 searches a month for the name, according to Google's Keyword Planner read on 10 September 2026.
What still works
The replacement for a dead web proxy is not another name to remember. Our free proxy list shows when each entry was last checked and re-verifies every few minutes, and the checker tests an address you bring yourself.
Free proxies stay shared and short lived. For opening a blocked page that is usually enough, and for anything that has to work at a particular moment it is not.
What this page cannot tell you
Why it stopped is not in the record. A dead name and an archive that runs out show that something ended, not the reason for it, and we will not put a reason in print that the record does not carry.
Our status check is one day from one vantage point, and a site that refuses requests from data centres would look the same as one that is switched off. We will check this page again by 1 January 2027.
Sources
- Internet Archive, capture index for httpd.nu, first capture 22 August 2014, most recent capture 10 August 2018. Read 2026-09-10.
- Internet Archive, capture of httpd.nu dated 19 March 2015, quoted above. Read 2026-09-10.
- Our own status check of httpd.nu and of all 8,948 sites listed on the same directory, 10 September 2026.
- Google Ads Keyword Planner, worldwide monthly searches for the name. Read 10 September 2026.
