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Hi there.. i got a problem with being anonymous online cause whenever i install a proxy on my windows machine my internet gets stuck and wont show any sites or connect to any IM's anymore.. anyone knows how i can surf anonymous? or anyone had same problems and knows how to fix it..??
Thnx
ThaVolt
how would installing a proxy on your machine make you anonymous?
with the use of an anonymous proxy..!?
The point of an anonymous proxy server is that you connect to it, and it gets webpages for you. Your ip is only communicated to the proxy, and the proxy's ip is what's recoreded viewing the pages. If you got a proxy working on your pc, you'd be going from your pc, to your pc, to the website, so your ip's the one recorded still. :rolleyes:
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If you got a proxy working on your pc, you'd be going from your pc, to your pc, to the website, so your ip's the one recorded still
Actually with a proxy it would be from his/her computer to proxy then from proxy to webserver and when the server responds back it goes to proxy and then proxy sends to your ip so when you use a proxy and visit webpages the ip recorded by webserver will be the proxies
Anyways to answer your question sounds like you are using an outdated proxie
Try using other proxies check out http://www.stayinvisible.com/page1.html in my opinion this is the best list of updated proxies (10 pages). You can also test the proxy you were using in the first place here using the check your proxy option to the left of your screen as well as do a whois on it.
Hope this helps
Oh yea i just read your post again and when you say installed proxy do you mean a actual program or just configuring your computer to use a proxy. For the instructions I gave is for if you are just configuring your computer to use proxies and just to clarify to do this on a dial up you go to internet options select the connectoid and then select settings, put a check next to use a proxy server and fill out IP and Port. If you have cable or dsl do the same exept select LAN Settings and then fill out proxy info
Did you miss the rest of my post and the thread? You've re-explained what a normal proxy would be like, but you quoted my bit about setting one up on your own pc, and thus the proxy would be you and use your ip.
:rolleyes:
You can configure your pc to use a proxy for the internet connection, but you don't want to install one. :(
I didnt realize you were talking about setting up a proxy server for people to use. I believe what he is talking about is just using a proxy server when he said install i believe he ment configure [unless using some crap proxy software that does everything for you] So that is why i was a bit confused with your post. I get what you were saying now.
Either he said 'install' and ment 'configure' (bad mistake from not reading about), or he doesn't know you don't want to install a proxy on your machine for others to use (still doesn't seem that he reads much).
If he'd managed to configure a proxy but not set his internet programs to use it, he needs to..READ :rolleyes:
uhh you mean use put a proxy into IE....the problem most likely is that the proxy you are trying to use is down.
Is proud the only one who reads before he posts?
ThaVolt said "whenever i install a proxy on my windows machine". is that so hard to understand. i mean its not cryptic.
ThaVolt, the purpose of a proxy is to show the sites you visit an ip address other than your own, so you use a public proxy, one thats set up on a server somewhere for you to do just that. Putting it on your own machine kida defeats the purpose.
Do a google search for "public Proxy Servers" After you find one:
Go to tools>>Internet Options and click on the connection your using. go to settings. Check the box that says Proxy and enter the IP address and port number of the server your going to use.
how ironic.Quote:
Is proud the only one who reads before he posts?
Your right droby10 i stand corrected. LoL
Yours was the first reply but i never said 'I' read before i post :-)
after reaading what went down after your post, i forgot about it...sorry!
oh, no big deal; i found it extremely humorous. proud really brought the issue into the clear, whereas i just hinted around it.
Thanks Tebob1, and droby10 :thumbsup:
Or you could just use a completely seperate machine and multi hone it (2 nics cards). 1 NIC for the IP provided from the ISP, and the other to mask your internal networks ip address scheme.
This way all an attacker or web page would see is your proxy servers ip address, and who the heck cares what they do to that machine, it's just used for utility. Maybe at best they could use for DOS attack.
I use, in my business, M$ internet accelrator server, as a proxy/firewall.
Let me know what you think!
Thanks all for helping me out my proxy is working fine now..
And dont judge me for writing down install instead of configure cuz when U read good it says i want to surf anonymous.. :p
ThaVolt
no one judged you on that . It just caused confusion for some of the people replying although i knew what you meant
I Know it wasn't aimed at you..