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Is there a way for you to hide your ISP address from an internet site you visit?

2006-09-02 18:32:39 · 5 answers · asked by Bloo 2 in Computers & Internet Internet

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It is not technically possible to always hide the public IP address of a home network. An IP address enables devices to locate and communicate with each other on the Internet. Completely hiding the IP address of a device would render it invisible but also unusable online.

On the other hand, it is possible to hide public IP addreseses from most Internet servers in most situations. This method involves an Internet service called an anonymous proxy server.

An anonymous proxy server ("proxy") is a special type of server that acts as an intermediary between a home network and the rest of the Internet. An anonymous proxy server makes requests for Internet information on your behalf, using its own IP address instead of yours. Your computer only accesses Web sites indirectly, through the proxy server. This way, Web sites will see the proxy's IP address, not your home IP address.

Using an anonymous proxy server requires a simple configuration of the Web browser (or other Internet client software that supports proxies). Proxies are identified by a combination of URL and TCP port number.

Numerous free anonymous proxy servers exist on the Internet, open for anyone to use. These servers may have bandwidth traffic limits, may suffer from reliability or speed problems, or might permanently disappear from the Internet without notice. Such servers are most useful for temporary or experimental purposes.

Anonymous proxy services that charge fees in return for better quality of service also exist. These services are designed for regular use by households.

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2006-09-02 18:58:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Maybe I am incorrect about this and I hope someone will set me straight if so, but I do not believe that your ISP address is revealed when you visit an Internet site. When the site places a cookie on your computer, they are recognizing you when you come back to that site from a number, which is unique to your computer, not from your ISP address. The only way that site will get your address is if you tell them.

2006-09-02 18:38:37 · answer #2 · answered by Sicilian Godmother 7 · 0 1

you won't be able to talk on a community without an IP address. Your IP address is given to each and every computing gadget and server you contact on-line, no matter if on a LAN or over the web. This tells the distant server the position to deliver again the information you requested. Your IP address actually shows your area ON A community, and not in any respect some thing more effective. Your IP address won't be able for use to "perceive your equipment remotely". It won't be able to tell someone the position you stay, your call, your monetary agency account, your shoe length, your dogs's call, or your sought after colour. An IP address is the equivalent to a prepaid cellular telephone kind. you are able to't tell who makes use of it, or the position they're. All you may do is contact them, thats it. if you're petrified of someone getting access for your community remotely, you want to be worried about your equipment, no longer your IP address. in the journey that your equipment is configured to easily ignore communique it did not ask for (a useless ringer for a cellular telephone -- ignore unknown caller), you'll haven't any concerns. learn what an IP address is and what it does before getting paranoid about it.

2016-12-06 05:09:49 · answer #3 · answered by nathuram 4 · 0 0

My spouse and i recommend employing http://www.vpnmaster.org to unblock web-sites. I am using their services for more than 3 years without having problems.

2014-07-10 10:00:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Use a proxy.

2006-09-02 18:39:47 · answer #5 · answered by cricket 3 · 0 0

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