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    Hide or Spoof IP Address?

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by usapatriot, May 22, 2010.

  1. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    For security reasons, I was curious if there is a way to hide or spoof my IP address without using a Proxy.

    If a Proxy is the only way, is it possible to run your own Proxy server?
     
    usapatriot, May 22, 2010
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  2. BamAlmighty

    BamAlmighty Notebook Consultant

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    Sure... you can run your own proxy server, but it will have whatever IP address you run it off of. So unless you have another pipeline to the net, it'll just have the same IP address you have now.
     
    BamAlmighty, May 22, 2010
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  3. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    why do you want to hide?

    Your ISP, the one you connect through, is ALWAYS going to have an IP address (and times of connect, bandwidth used, etc) associated with YOUR name and home/billing information regardless of how many proxy/anonymizers you use.
     
    newsposter, May 22, 2010
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  4. HeardEmSay

    HeardEmSay Notebook Evangelist

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    Get a hosted VPN.
     
    HeardEmSay, May 22, 2010
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