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Thread ID: 73940	2006-11-06 08:53:00	how do I confirm my real IP is hidden?	supersi (8401)	Press F1

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496817	2006-11-06 08:53:00	I've recently started using Hide I.P platinum on both of my 'puters. They are behind an ADSL Modem/Router. How can I confirm I'm behind an anonymous I.P? Or is this impossible?	supersi (8401)
496818	2006-11-06 09:17:00	Maybe you can try www.mywanip.com. If your program works by using proxy servers, you should see the server's IP address instead of yours on the webpage.	developer (4447)
496819	2006-11-06 09:30:00	It's my understanding that your IP numbers are automatically hidden when you are behind a ADSL router/modem since it uses NAT - Network Address Translation meaning that the only IP number visible to the outside world is the one on the internet side of the router.	johnd (85)
496820	2006-11-06 11:09:00	how do I confirm my real IP is hidden?Ask a moderator on these forums.	Greg (193)
496821	2006-11-06 11:22:00	It looks like Hide IP only uses a proxy server. This is better than nothing but it doesn't do much. To really get a decent level of stealth you need something like tor (http://tor.eff.org/) and a utility in your browser to hide personal information (e.g. Firefox with Stealther extension). I have both of these, although I rarely have occasion to use them. Tor is much better than a proxy server because all connections are encrypted, no one of the three nodes in a circuit knows both the origin and destination of a connection, and the pathway taken (the 'circuit') changes every minute or so. It's still vulnerable to certain timing attacks unless you run a node yourself but is much more effective than anything else.	TGoddard (7263)
496822	2006-11-06 12:04:00	lol ties in nicely with your signiature too	motorbyclist (188)
496823	2006-11-06 22:48:00	lol ties in nicely with your signiature too :lol: :lol:	Greg (193)
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