does it hide your ip address?
2007-10-15 06:46:30 · 7 answers · asked by Agent Zero® 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet ➔ Other - Internet
so how would you trace someone who is sending you hate email if they use a proxy server?
2007-10-15 06:52:01 · update #1
most proxy servers hide your ip. they are normally used to bypass certain network filters.
2007-10-15 06:50:42 · answer #1 · answered by initialxy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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When you search for an web address , you send the information through your ISP and returns infomation back through the same route.
Assuming you are A and your Destination is C.
Currently the flow will be like this:-
A---->ISP------>C
A<---ISP<------C
Your information is intercepted by the ISP.
However if you send access website throgh a Proxy Server Your information is fetched and processed by it leaving your ISP with no clue on your movement.
Proxy Server = B
A------>B------>C
A<------B<------C
And yes it hides your IP , since the Proxy Server has a common IP for all. It is recommended for anonymous surfing
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!~Ambuj~!
PS: Answering you "Additional Details" Question . It is practicallly impossible to trace as these proxy servers are international and nothing much can we done until Police at top level is involved
2007-10-15 13:56:02 · answer #2 · answered by Ambuj 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Proxy servers have multiple uses. Corporations and schools often use them to regulate and monitor what content is allowable and viewed. Some sites have created another usage to "anonymize" their connectivity or to bypass a corporate or school proxy server.
2007-10-15 13:56:36 · answer #3 · answered by Jim Maryland 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you'd have to report it to the police and let them sort it out, they would be able to get the people who run the server to hand over the IP address and then they could trace them
2007-10-15 13:55:42 · answer #4 · answered by k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-10-15 21:18:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It redirects a connection through its server, thus making your IP unknown to the server you are connecting to.
2007-10-15 13:57:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
gets you bypasses and suft when denied
2007-10-15 14:53:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have, unwittingly (?), answered your own question.
2007-10-15 13:50:44 · answer #8 · answered by enigmatic1844 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋