smartest/fastest/lightest way to check if proxy is working?

[yourfriendkarol]

right now i use GET on a website that works 24/7 so if i get an error then it means that proxy is offline.

but is there any more lightweight way to do this?

[Allister]

@yourfriendkarol

Not that I know of. You'll need to tunnel through the proxy to really check the connection. I either do a proxy checker site to make sure nothing is leaking, or I just do the simple GET request against the site(s) I'm working with/on.