There are numerous internet users who spend lots of energy and money to search for staff to help them in hiding their IP address. Here we will provide you an effective way to hide your IP address.
It’s already known by almost by everyone that software programs like SOCKS chain or HTTP-proxies, helps in hiding IP addresses. SOCKS server basically transmitted requests through proxies’ chain to hide IP address.
You can also use Socks chain with the clients programs that doesn’t support SOCKS protocol and work with single TCP connection such as TELNET, HTTP, and IRC. Hence, you can easily hide your IP address in the server logs or in the title of the message box.
SOCKS chain helps in hiding your IP address by transmitting TCP broadcasting in a way that the client software passes through the chain of proxies consistently. Though the SOCKS chain basically connects to the first element in the chain and then further first connects to second and it goes on like this.
It is a difficult task to find out the first request made by using server log files. In order to get results of your search you need to check out every intermediate log file of every server in postorder. Let suppose if there is no log file found in any of the server that means chain will be broken.
It is a fact that if we hide IP address using this technique there will be more chances for user to work anonymously online but due to the long chain internet speed will be slow down.
Almost everyone is known with the definition of Proxy server. A proxy server is basically a connection between the user’s computer and the internet. It can be used as a tool to connect a system to other systems and can also help in hiding IP address as well.
You can use proxy servers basically in two ways. Firstly it can be used as a Firewall that can be used to provide protection to the organization network from entrance of any outside source. Secondly, it can be used as IP address multiplexer that helps a system to connect with other systems on internet by using single IP address.
As a proxy you can also use Win Gate software that can be used by anyone freely on internet.
Among the available options of proxy servers, there are two that can be considered as universal means they can permit not only HTTP and FTP but also any other TCP connection to transmit. They can allow creating a chain that can be useful for SOCKS chain.
The two universal and general Proxy Servers services includes: SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 services and HTTP-proxy server. SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 services, to whom by default the port of 1080 is been allotted. SOCKS5 is considered to be more universal as it permits to establish a TCP connection but also opens a port for all kind of incoming TCP connections including BIND operation and UDP datagram as well. The other universal proxy server is HTTP-proxy server that supports SSL-tunneling and have a port by default of 8080. HTTP proxy server is considered to be less universal but it is most widespread proxy server.
It is also important to have the details about the list of the most effective and known software available to support and don’t support SOCKS.
The list of the software that supports SOCKS includes: mIRC, ICQ, Internet Explorer, Advanced Direct Remailer which has build-in SMTP server that supports the delivery lists, plugging and SOCKS5 proxy servers as well and lastly comes in the list is WinGate that supports SOCKS too.
The list of Software that do not support SOCKS but they can work through Socks Chain includes: MS Outlook & Outlook Express, Telnet and also MS Terminal Client.
There are several FTP clients that don’t go well with SOCKS. FTP not only uses outgoing TCP stream but also doesn’t work through SOCKS chain.
Before you take any step it is important to know firstly the purpose of using proxy server and understand well that if you want anonymous online working then you have to sacrifice something means the internet browsing speed. IMHO is not that expensive to hide your IP address to keep you safe while working online.