IPs

[barmyarmy]

Look at this:

Can anyone recommend a good IP cloaking programme as I'm concerned about how easy it is to find info about people.

 

[ramboy]

its really great

 

[nikhilverma]

It's not bad when someone get's your ip
there is a software called winroute which can provide anyone's ip address if you provide his e-mail address.......

 

[andrew_nixon]

Originally posted by barmyarmy@Nov 3 2003, 04:27 PM
Can anyone recommend a good IP cloaking programme as I'm concerned about how easy it is to find info about people.

Try getting any firewall. (Zone Alarm is quite good) Also as you're on broadband, you could try getting a router, most have hardware firewalls built in.

 

[barmyarmy]

Originally posted by andrew_nixon79+Nov 3 2003, 05:40 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(andrew_nixon79 @ Nov 3 2003, 05:40 PM)</div>

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@Nov 3 2003, 04:27 PM
Can anyone recommend a good IP cloaking programme as I'm concerned about how easy it is to find info about people.

Try getting any firewall. (Zone Alarm is quite good) Also as you're on broadband, you could try getting a router, most have hardware firewalls built in. [/b]

I have Zonealarm already, I didn't know I could make it cloak my IP though and I don't know what a router is.

 

[andrew_nixon]

Originally posted by barmyarmy@Nov 3 2003, 05:42 PM
I have Zonealarm already, I didn't know I could make it cloak my IP though and I don't know what a router is.

I'm pretty sure Zone Alarm can cloak IP addresses, but I may be wrong.

 

[barmyarmy]

I'm trying something called Surf Anonymous.

 

[Admin]

Get a anonymous proxy chainer such as Stealther and Proximotron which is excellent.

I thought this might be useful:

An anonymous proxy server is only part of the answer. Your IP (and browser info, and much more) can be obtained, despite anonymous proxies, through cookies, HTTPS or, in this case, by running scripts. Now although Stealther is a very good proxy server, and although it does have cookie rules, it's not designed to handle things like scripts - I'm not aware of any proxy server that does. One option, of course is to turn off HTTPS and scripts (e.g. Java) altogether using the settings in the browser; the folks at Photon suggest this. This however has its drawbacks.

There is a far more useful alternative, and one which I've been using for quite a while; use Proxomitron between the browser and Stealther. Proxomitron is a free program (do a Google search for it) which is more than capable of either disabling scripting/cookies/ads/fill in here completely or, more usefully, filtering web pages on the fly in order to block only the nosey stuff, as well as filtering HTTPS and HTTP headers. Furthermore, you can endlessly rewrite filters to keep up with the latest developments to get your IP etc.

For example, my standard secure config for Proximitron only allows cookies from named sites, and even then, they're only for that session. All other cookies are shredded on the way in, and any that get in from a bit of insecure browsing are prevented from getting out. Java has it's teeth drawn, so it can't be used for tracking or getting info about the PC, and webbugs and pop-ups are trashed. In addition, various bits of info such as referrer, browser and OS can be spoofed. Nothing outlandish; the idea is to give information that looks normal.

The upshot is that the remote site is forced to rely on the proxy for the IP. Of course, since you're behind chained anonymous proxies, it will only get the IP of the nearest one. Quite frankly, you could be anywhere on the planet using almost any OS and browser.

The combination has so far proved bombproof. Nevertheless, I still give the system a hammering from time to time, just to make sure it's still secure. I did BTW try that site - no it didn't get my IP, but then I didn't expect it to.

Now if you're interested, you can chain Proxomitron and Stealther by setting the proxy settings in your browser to 127.0.0.1:8080 for HTTP and secure (that points it at Proximotron), then setting the remote proxy in Proxomitron to 127.0.0.1:14000, which tells Proxomitron to point Stealther. You can BTW bypass both filters and proxy server easily if it's appropriate.

 

[nikhilverma]

Very useful info!!
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[[DuncAn]]

getting firewalls is a good thing...but can be up to $10,000. or small network routers could work.

 

[bogan]

Originally posted by nikhilverma@Nov 4 2003, 03:04 AM

there is a software called winroute which can provide anyone's ip address if you provide his e-mail address.......

Hi, wouldn't this be like illegal or somthing....??

 

[Admin]

No.

Mail messages are usually sent by some form of packet or message switching. The message header contains the ip addresses of all servers it passes through.This is freely available Though the ip you end up wont be the persons in many cases.

Of course you have to have a mail sent by the person not just his mail address.

 

[wackojacko]

it says im using IE 6,

but im using opera 7.2 (recently changed when IE started stuffing up)