hiding ip address

[buster]

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.

[ydoaPs]

why do you need to hide it?

[Primarygun]

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.

[radiohead]

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.

[bloodhound]

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.

[Pangloss]

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

[TheGeek]

I have used proxify but as pangloss said a "proxy server does not guarantee anonymity."