Update faq to explain the websocket proxy (#93)

* Update faq to explain the websocket proxy * Update src/faq.md Co-authored-by: sinu.eth <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: sinu.eth <[email protected]>
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 - [Is the Notary an essential part of the TLSNotary protocol?](#faq5)
 - [Which TLS versions are supported?](#faq6)
 - [What is the overhead of using the TLSNotary protocol?](#faq7)
+- [Does TLSNotary use a proxy?](#faq8)
 
 
 ### Doesn't TLS allow a third party to verify data authenticity? { #faq1 }
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 With the upcoming protocol upgrade planned for 2025, we expect the `Prover's` **upload** data overhead to be:
 
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 ~25MB (a fixed cost per one TLSNotary session) + ~10 MB per every 1KB of outgoing data + ~40KB per every 1 KB of incoming data.
 
 In a concrete scenario of sending a 1KB HTTP request followed by a 100KB response, the `Prover's` overhead will be:
 
 25 + 10 + 4 = ~39 MB of **upload** data.
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+### Does TLSNotary use a proxy? { #faq8 }
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+A proxy is required only for the browser extension because browsers do not allow extensions to open TCP connections. Instead, our extension opens a websocket connection to a proxy (local or remote) which opens a TCP connection with the server. Our custom TLS client is then attached to this connection and the proxy only sees encrypted data.
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