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Using web proxies to disguise your IP address.
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-------------------------- By Hardcore Pawn
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<hardcorepawn@cyberdude.com> http://members.tripod.com/~hardcorepawn/
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-------------------------- A lot of people have been concerned
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recently about their anonymity on the internet. Deleting cookies etc.
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and paying money for services like the anonymizer. Well here's an easy
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(and free) way to get around this problem. Use the proxy machines of
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other servers.
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-------------------------- Finding them is pretty easy, the best way
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is probably the ping program. From a MS-DOS window in Win95 (or from
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your shell) type: ping proxy.name-of-some-isp.net If you a message
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like 'bad IP' then there's no such machine but if you get ICMP echo
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information, then obviously there is. Also you can try looking around
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the isp/companies web site for information, or perhaps a forged
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(probably too busy, unconcerned to check.) email to the system admin
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asking if they have a proxy machine. If you need the addresses of some
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ISPs check out yahoo.com
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-------------------------- To use a proxy through your web browser, in
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Netscape, click on Options|Network Preferences then click on the
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'Proxies' tab and check the radio button 'Manual Proxy config' and
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then click the 'view' button. Set it up for whatever protocols you
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want, (some proxies might only support HTTP) probably FTP and HTTP.
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*Most* proxy machines operate on port 8080 but not always. Email the
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admin and ask. Be polite :) In Internet Explorer, click View|Options|
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then click on the 'Connection' tab and set it up a la Netscape.
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--------------------------- Once you have done this properly, you're
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real IP address won't show up on: Guestbooks, counterlogs. WWW Boards.
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Java/html chat rooms. Anonymous FTP through your browser. Cookies will
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be useless. So don't bother with the anonymizer. Allowed into
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'customer only' FTP servers. Many isp's have 'customer only' sections
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of their web sites (through CGI) you can access them and find out
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stuff about their servers, get free counters etc. *Also* if you have
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a "web email" account (Hotmail, Rocketmail, etc.) if you post a
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message through the web interface, the IP of the proxy and *not* that
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of yours will show up.
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--------------------------- A WORD OF WARNING. It is probably not safe
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to use the proxy for hacking (denial of service attacks via anon ftp
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or whatever) as the owner of the proxy machine would probably give
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away your IP address to whoever you've been picking on. *Also* some
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squid (common) proxies do give your real IP for certain cgi requests.
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--------------------------- Here are some proxy machines:
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proxy.cybercity.dk:8080 <Denmark>
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proxy.mersinet.co.uk:8080 <England>
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proxy.compuserve.com:8080
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Lots more out there but I don't wanna make it too easy :)
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--------------------------- Copyright 1997/98 Hardcore Pawn
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<hardcorepawn@cyberdude.com>
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