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hiding IP - necessary

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  • #2
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Good luck, I'm behind seven proxies! :pac:


  • #3
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    Only those who have something to hide have something to worry about.


  • #4
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Wow, Free Hide IP, Now only $29.95 :D
    http://www.free-hideip.com/products/free-hide-ip.html

    No, a router doesn't hide your ip, your public ip is always visible unless you use a vpn or proxy to another location. They can be useful for accessing geo-blocked sites like the RTE Player from abroad


  • #5
    ANSI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 384 ✭✭ANSI


    Stinicker wrote: »
    Only those who have something to hide have something to worry about.
    how do:rolleyes:you know?


  • #6
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Why would it be something that the common user would need to consider OP?


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  • #7
    Friel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 190 ✭✭Friel


    The only real uses would be to access blocked sites. Other than that, for a normal surfer, no there's no real need to use one.


  • #8
    TimeToShine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,881 ✭✭✭TimeToShine


    Friel wrote: »
    The only real uses would be to access blocked sites. Other than that, for a normal surfer, no there's no real need to use one.

    strong join date to post ratio


  • #9
    ANSI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 384 ✭✭ANSI


    aidan_walsh wrote: »
    Why would it be something that the common user would need to consider OP?
    I did not say it was i asked if it was. I wrote
    Ishiding IP necessary or of any benefit for ordinary surfers?


  • #10
    ANSI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 384 ✭✭ANSI


    Friel wrote: »
    The only real uses would be to access blocked sites. Other than that, for a normal surfer, no there's no real need to use one.
    you do not need that to access blocked sites just change own ip by rebooting router


  • #11
    Friel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 190 ✭✭Friel


    TimeToShine wrote: »
    strong join date to post ratio
    Strong observation skills ;)
    ANSI wrote: »
    you do not need that to access blocked sites just change own ip by rebooting router

    For the likes of sites that are blocked due to your area, or if certain sites are blocked on your network.


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  • #12
    ANSI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 384 ✭✭ANSI


    Friel wrote: »
    Strong observation skills ;)



    For the likes of sites that are blocked due to your area, or if certain sites are blocked on your network.
    i see what you mean now


  • #13
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    you could just use Tor
    then only one person will know your IP :D

    they will also know all your other details :(


  • #14
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    surely it should be illegal for anyone to hide their ip address,

    i mean what if they're up to no good, how are the authorites suppose to track them down?

    (not suggesting OP is up to anything)


  • #15
    ANSI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 384 ✭✭ANSI


    fryup wrote: »
    surely it should be illegal for anyone to hide their ip address,

    i mean what if they're up to no good, how are the authorites suppose to track them down?

    (not suggesting OP is up to anything)
    thats nice to hear;)

    the tor site says
    For example, if you're travelling abroad and you connect to your employer's computers to check or send mail, you can inadvertently reveal your national origin and professional affiliation to anyone observing the network, even if the connection is encrypted.
    how would they spy if the connection is encrypted?


  • #16
    Friel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 190 ✭✭Friel


    fryup wrote: »
    surely it should be illegal for anyone to hide their ip address,

    i mean what if they're up to no good, how are the authorites suppose to track them down?

    (not suggesting OP is up to anything)

    It's not illegal simply because some people would just prefer that a website doesn't gather information that can be got through their own IP address. Privacy and all that. Every website picks up your IP address, for instance the admins on this board can see everyone's. A simple IP check can tell them who I'm connected with and where I'm from (although not to an exact location).

    Alot of systems can pick up when a proxy is being used, and they aren't bulletproof. If it was being used for something highly illegal then it can be worked around and the users real IP address found out. Exactly why the FBI is rounding up Anonymous and LulzSec members.


  • #17
    ANSI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 384 ✭✭ANSI


    Friel wrote: »
    It's not illegal simply because some people would just prefer that a website doesn't gather information that can be got through their own IP address. Privacy and all that. Every website picks up your IP address, for instance the admins on this board can see everyone's. A simple IP check can tell them who I'm connected with and where I'm from (although not to an exact location).
    very inexact really mine is not even close


  • #18
    Friel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 190 ✭✭Friel


    ANSI wrote: »
    very inexact really mine is not even close

    If you're in Northern Ireland and you're using the likes of BT, chances are it'll point to England. But if you're in the Republic and using an Irish ISP it'll likely point to somewhere in Ireland. Some people just feel that even being linked back to the country you live in is too much information to give out. I personally couldn't care, but some people do.


  • #19
    ANSI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 384 ✭✭ANSI


    Friel wrote: »
    If you're in Northern Ireland and you're using the likes of BT, chances are it'll point to England. But if you're in the Republic and using an Irish ISP it'll likely point to somewhere in Ireland. Some people just feel that even being linked back to the country you live in is too much information to give out. I personally couldn't care, but some people do.
    i am in the republic but not near where it says


  • #20
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    fryup wrote: »
    surely it should be illegal for anyone to hide their ip address,
    considering that some Irish ISP's are planning on using NAT as a solution to the ipocalypse that's going to be a little difficult

    hang on
    is fryup your real name ?


  • #21
    ANSI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 384 ✭✭ANSI


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    considering that some Irish ISP's are planning on using NAT as a solution to the ipocalypse that's going to be a little difficult

    hang on
    is fryup your real name ?
    what is this about? IPV6?


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  • #22
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    ANSI wrote: »
    thats nice to hear;)

    the tor site says how would they spy if the connection is encrypted?
    Tor does not, and by design cannot, encrypt the traffic between an exit node and the target server, any exit node is in a position to capture any traffic passing through it which does not use end-to-end encryption.

    All the NSA/CIA/NWA/CSO etc need to do is to join the bandwagon and setup some exit nodes, sooner or later they will get lucky. Sooner if they have more nodes.


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