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Hide IP Address

  • 13-07-2010 8:29am
    #1
    Goldfish2010
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭


    Hi there
    Can someone please explain simply how to hide my IP address, i need to vote for a friend in a competition.
    Thanks a mill!


Comments

  • #2
    KoolKid
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 24,789 Mod ✭✭✭✭KoolKid


    Why do you need to hide your IP to vote in a competition?


  • #3
    Goldfish2010
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭Goldfish2010


    when you vote once, it won't let you vote again from the same computer


  • #4
    dlofnep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    You can't "hide" your IP address persay. You can mask it.

    A few things.

    If your IP address is dynamically allocated to you - then you can disconnect your modem and reconnect to be assigned a new address (although even dynamic ip addresses can hold a lease for X amount of time).

    Alternatively, you could use a proxy - there are thousands of publicly available proxies out there to use. You could use sometime like tor also, which is essentially a complex mesh of proxies.

    Lastly, I'm not sure what this has to do with security.


  • #5
    Goldfish2010
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭Goldfish2010


    oh dear sorry! is there a hide your IP thread?


  • #6
    KoolKid
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 24,789 Mod ✭✭✭✭KoolKid


    Goldfish2010 wrote: »
    when you vote once, it won't let you vote again from the same computer

    So you want to cheat?
    dlofnep wrote: »
    I'm not sure what this has to do with security.
    Nothing by the look of it
    Goldfish2010 wrote: »
    oh dear sorry! is there a hide your IP thread?
    There probobly is. Try the search function.
    Locked!


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