buster Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 how do you hide your ip address ive been told to use a proxy server. wat does this mean and how do i get a proxy server thanx all please help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 why do you need to hide it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primarygun Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 why do you need to hide it? We want to protect ourselves. Moreover, I don't think it harms the others unless we use other people's ip as our ip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiohead Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Most proxy server's these days are honeypots. Plus, you can track down a proxy /very/ fast nowadays. I would suggest just use a neighbors intermet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodhound Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 it's pretty easy. there are public lists of open anonymous proxy servers. if you are using firefox then just go to tools-> options -> connection settings -> manual proxy. check the use for all protocols. and input the proxy ip and the port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangloss Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 I've used Privoxy, which is pretty good. My biggest complaint about proxy is that it slows performance substantially. But I've not seen a good solution for that problem yet. Interestingly, a proxy server does not guarantee anonymity. Your packets could still be collected and analyzed. The EFF is sponsoring a new attempt at an onion server concept called Tor which looks promising. I've been following the chatter in the dev email list and they seem to have it right this time (the onion server concept failed in the past). What it does is multiply the proxy effect by scattering individual packets amongst a disparate server farm of volunteer participants, so you can't be collected. I've used the early betas they're working on (and run a Tor server myself) and it seems to work pretty well -- they definitely lose your IP address. You can read more about it here: http://tor.eff.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGeek Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 I have used proxify but as pangloss said a "proxy server does not guarantee anonymity." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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