Just a quick word of caution and advance notice to all of our members about using proxies/VPN's to access the site:

Many of the IP addresses used by these organizations are overseas and even using secure tunnels can get hacked. Additionally, many overseas IP's and even lots of CONUS IP's (particularly those used by proxies/VPN services) have been blocked by our site due to spam activity through those IP's onto COAR15. For the first 5 months of 2017 alone I was blocking an average of more than a million IP's each WEEK (Actually, closed to 2 million. Yeah, the spammers kept me very busy). This has temporarily been essentially halted due to changes made by the staff that I won't disclose for securities sake.

If you choose to use a proxy/VPN to access the site and receive a message that "your IP address has been blocked", don't reach out to the staff asking why YOU are being blocked as it isn't about you. Also, don't expect us to open the IP address up so you can get into the site because it won't happen. Overall site safety and security is more important than your decision to use an anonymous means to access the site. The exception here is that we will occasionally unblock an IP address/subnet if you are travelling and find yourself blocked. This is done on a case-by-case basis after the risk is considered - and only if you inform us when you're leaving that location so we can re-block the IP/subnet. [Note: We've done this about 1/2 dozen times after members used the "Contact Us" email link.]

I figured you needed this information to make an informed decision about using proxies/VPN's. Now, go forth and conquer.