Every time your computer is connected to the Internet, it is assigned a public IP address which is used to uniquely identify your computer.
Wherever you visit websites or use Internet services, your public IP is also transmitted and recorded in the logs kept on those servers. Thus, your IP address makes it possible to trace all your web activities back to you.
How do I Hide my IP Address?
The best and the easiest way to hide your IP address is by using a proxy server (anonymous proxy server) in one form or the other. A proxy server is a special type of server which acts as an intermediary between your home computer (or network) and rest of the Internet. This proxy server makes requests for Internet services/information on behalf of your computer using it’s own IP address instead of yours. The obtained information is then passed on to your computer. Thus, your computer is indirectly connected to the Internet via a proxy server where the IP address of the proxy server is exposed and your actual IP address remains concealed.
Web proxies are identified by a combination of URL and TCP port number which is similar to something as below:
http://207.133.133.205:35
In the above example, http://207.133.133.205 is the URL of the proxy server and 35 is the port number. There are a variety of these proxy servers available:
[Transparent Proxy Server]
This type of proxy server identifies itself as a proxy server and also makes the original IP address available through the http headers. These are generally used to speed-up the web browsing since they have a very good ability to cache websites. But they do not conceal the IP of it’s users. It is widely known as transparent proxy because it will expose your real IP address to the outside world. This type of proxy server will not hide your IP address.
[ Anonymous Proxy Server]
This type of proxy server identifies itself as a proxy server, but does not make the original IP address available. Anonymous proxy server is detectable, but provides reasonable anonymity for most users. This type of proxy server will hide your IP address.
[ Distorting Proxy Server]
A Distorting proxy server identifies itself as a proxy server, but make an incorrect original IP address available through the http headers. This type of proxy server will hide your IP address.
[High Anonymity Proxy Server (Elite Proxy)]
An Elite proxy server does not identify itself as a proxy server and will not make the original IP address available to the outside world. This type of proxy server will hide your IP address.
Now i am going to tell you how to use TOR as a proxy for hiding your IP over net..
so first download it from it's official web site. extract it and run tor.exe file...
it will take some time to connect. after connecting a browser window will appear saying that your browser has successfully configured as tor... now use this window to surf on the internet....
HOW TO KNOW IS THIS WORKING OR NOT
ON your tor browser window enter "cmyip.com" it will show you your IP.
now select new identity from tor ,
then refresh the "cmyip.com" page.. and see .. your IP changed enjoy...
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