Hide IP address in Forums.....or Fake IP?

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via satelite so i have a fixed ip number and thats why I want a fake one so no one finds it out.

Your best bet to hide your actual IP address when posting on forums is to connect via a proxy. When you request a webpage from the proxy, the proxy will fetch the webpage on your behalf, making the forum see only the IP address of the proxy, not yours.

There are free public proxies available, and there are also paid services. You get what you pay for :)
Surf from here .... http://www.anonymization.net/
or get a list from here... http://www.proxy4free.com/index.html and configure your internet browser to use a proxy (Tools > Internet Options > "Connections" tab > "LAN Settings" button ... check off "Use proxy..." for Internet Explorer)

Or paid services like http://www.anonymizer.com/ will generally give you better performance and options. Either way, your IP is hidden.

yea, the only way u can hide your IP is by using an anonymous proxy server. Here how you do it:

First you find a proxy list. THis is the easy step. Just google 'proxy lists'. You will get million of results. There are millions of proxies out there. For example via google i found this list: http://www.samair.ru/proxy/.

Then in Internet Explorer go to tools>internt options. Then go to the connections tab. You should see a box that says: 'Dialup and Virtual Private Network Settings' In the box you should see an option. For example I see 'Earthlink' because thats my IP. You should see something similar. Highlight that option and click setting. Another box should appear. Then check the 'Use a proxy server for this connect box' and type in the proxy server and the IP from the list that you looked up earlier. Then, just to test, go to www.whatismyip.com and check to see if it shows the IP of the proxy and not urs.

And your done!

correction: Then go to the connections tab. You should see a box that says: 'Dialup and Virtual Private Network Settings' In the box you should see an option. For example I see 'Earthlink' because thats my ISP...

sorry one more correction: Then check the 'Use a proxy server for this connect box' and type in the proxy server and the port from the list that you looked up earlier.

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yeah i actually tried some surf annonymous programs like ghost surf and the forum wont let you in because it detects that you are hiding your IP.....the forum needs an IP from your computer and thats why I need a program to change my IP with a Fake one....

if you use a proxy the forum wont detect that, it has no way of knowing.

and if you are really parnoid u can chain proxies together. so ur completely untraceable

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chain proxies? more info please hehe

It is very simple, I'll explain:
Lets take a simple example of Proxy chaining:
[User] ---> [proxy1] ---> [proxy2] ---> [proxy3] ---> [web site]

In the example above shows that for a proxy chain to be created, the user must first connect to proxy1. Once a connection is established, the user connects from proxy1 to proxy2, from proxy2 he connects to proxy3 and finally he connects to a web site or any other destination. If we look at the process above, we see that all together we have three proxies and to each proxy in this chain we call "link". The use of proxy chaining is very useful when you try to stay anonymous on the Internet because if someone tries to follow your tracks it will find the IP (Internet Protocol) of Proxy4. The problem with proxy chaining and with proxy servers in general is that they "die out" in few weeks and if one "link" is dead the entire chain is broken.
Even though you will never be totally anonymous of the Internet and no matter what will you use. The concept of using proxy chaining is to make the tracking work much harder than before.

ill tell u how to exactly do it in internet explorer in a sec...

so instead of typing in 1 proxy you can do something like this:

http://proxya:port/http://proxyb:port/http://proxyC:port/http://proxyd:port/

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you stated - Even though you will never be totally anonymous of the Internet and no matter what will you use. The concept of using proxy chaining is to make the tracking work much harder than before.

so there is still a way they can track you?

theoritaclly yes, but practically no. Keep in mind to track you, they would have to contact the anonymous proxy and ask them for your IP. 99% of anonymous proxies dont keep logs. If you are chaining proxies together then it is almost imposible to track you. I'll explain:

Ill use this model from before:
[User] ---> [proxy1] ---> [proxy2] ---> [proxy3] ---> [web site]

The website would have to contact proxt3 and then get the IP of proxy 2. Then the website would have to contact the proxy 2 to get the IP of proxy 1. Then the website would have to contact proxy 1 to get your IP. Keep in mind most proxies don't keep logs, as I have mentioned before. Thus it is almost impossile the odds are .000000001 % that they'll get ur IP. Also the proxy may withhold your IP even if they have it, unless u tried to mess w/ a site, because they are NOT obligated to give it to anyone.

NO ONE WOULD GO THROUGH SUCH TROUBLE TO TRY TO FIND YOUR IP!!!!!!!!!!! I recommend using 1 proxy.

yea...proxy...like i said :)

u were incorrect about how to confgure a proxy in IE...

not if you are on high speed internet.

ive had DSL and Broadband and my way has worked both times...

andrey_2007, you won't have any entries in 'Dialup and Virtual Private Network Settings' unless you have a dialup account. You have a dial up account..."Earthlink". If you don't have a dial up account, you cant select your isp in the list, and therefore you will not be able to hit the seetings but like you suggest. DSL *is* broadband so I don't know why you are claiming to have had both DSL *and* broadband. Cable internet also has Dial Up connections in that list. In each of the above scenarios you need to add your proxy settings in the manner I have stated above. I have tried and used this solution and did not need an entry in my dial up list...which would be impossible since I use cable internet!

I am not wrong, and you are not wrong. Your way only needs to be used if you have dial up. My way needs to be used if you do not. I am not incorrect. Be careful what you say... I'd hate to see you tell microsoft they don't know how to use their own products since they clearly state this is how to configure a proxy in the IE help file.

first have I have Earthlink DSL. second, you are right dsl and broadband are the same thing, i ment DSL and Cable. Sorry for the mixup.

quick correction: firstly, i have earthlink dsl.

and one more thing, the people who write the Microsoft help file are not gods, they are ordinary people like u and me. so u should view the microsoft help file w/ that much veneration ;)

*shouldn't view the microsoft...

<sorry, i cant type today :( >

Your DSL puts an entry in the dial up connections list because it requires a user name and password. Not that it matters...even if you configure that connection for a proxy its only a per-connection setting ... (notice it says it does not apply to other connections) my original post applies to all connections, whether listed in the dial up connections list or not.

regarding the IE help file...I didn't need to use it to make my post, I used it to reinforce the fact that the information I provided was not "incorrect" as you mistakenly quoted ... "u were incorrect about how to confgure a proxy in IE..." ... the help file only reaffirms that I provided accurate information for the author of the question.

when i configure my dsl using the way i mentioned, it apply to all connections (for me). i'm speaking from experience.

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right guys anyways so which proxy program do you guys recommend that works on forums and has been tested?

why use a program? there are plenty of free lists on the internet, that work. and i have already told u how to configure it in IE. so basically ur all set.

-andrey

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okay cool but i dont want to keep testing a proxy and if its back listed then i have to keep trying....is there a program that does all that for you? and if so which one? thanks for your help.

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