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I got bit! Got a email from ISP about a torrent!
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tocool4u
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3. August 2006 @ 08:45 |
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@ashwin
The hideIP option means it is putting you under a proxy which would greatley decrease your speed. The change proxy simply means that it would hide you under another proxy.
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3. August 2006 @ 10:14 |
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The hideIP option means it is putting you under a proxy which would greatley decrease your speed. The change proxy simply means that it would hide you under another proxy.
My question is - how does it decrease the speed. As far as my knowldge(guess, actually), the IP shouldn't have anything to do with the speed of the download. Can anyone explain this briefly in simple language?
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tocool4u
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3. August 2006 @ 10:56 |
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Because as said before it is "routing to a different IP address". It has to pass through routers all the way to that IP address...And I'm pretty sure when you download or load a page it has to load through the proxy server
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3. August 2006 @ 12:26 |
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Exactly what he said. Just thik about it. Instead of pasing data locally, you are filtering through a sever half way across the world, which can only screw up your speeds.
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Douche
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3. August 2006 @ 15:03 |
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But does a proxy actually work as far as keep you from being caught?
I understand that it does slow things down.
I run Ares and I have Proxyway, but I havn't really ever used it much.
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3. August 2006 @ 15:46 |
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I already answered that also. If you are just up to no good when you are browsing the net, you should be ok. If you are uploading terabytes and think a proxy is going to prevent you from being founf out, you are wrong. Proxies are good to use, but wont gurantee that you are safe from prying eyes
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mybulldog
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3. August 2006 @ 17:33 |
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WHAT SHOULD MY pg2 SETTING BE??? IVE DOWNLOADED IT INSATLLED RAN IT BUT NOT SURE IF ITS WORKING CORRECTLY??? OR EXACTLY WHAT IM LOOKING AT IF ANYONE CAN HELP IT WOULD BE GREAT :-} ALSO OTHER THAN PROXY AND/OR USING OTHER PRIVET TRACKERS ARE THER ANY OTHER WAY TO PROTECT MESELF???
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3. August 2006 @ 19:47 |
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1)Stop typing in damn caps, or nobody will ever help you
2)What settings?? Just block all lists, and update.....pretty simple. Using PG, proxy and using private trackers, you are as safe as possible.
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craftyzan
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3. August 2006 @ 22:32 |
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PG2 protects you when you aren't DL Torrents as well. I noticed a serious reduction in ads and spyware sense I left my PG2 going at full blast 24/7. Of course, that doesn't mean I don't run my CCleaner and my Spybot and my Lavasoft at least several times a week. It's unbelievable how much trash is about the Net nowadays...along with Torrents and goodies. Also, Newbie who got bit...grab yourself a Firefox Browser. I'm SURE Explorer's rigged SOMEHOW...but I may be paranoid...
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3. August 2006 @ 22:36 |
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yep, you are paranoid.
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3. August 2006 @ 22:54 |
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OK, I get it now. Instead of taking a direct route to download data, it has to travel upto Korea (or wherever the proxy routes you to), then back to the download server, and then to your computer. It all makes sense now...
craftyzan,
What is CCleaner?
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mybulldog
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4. August 2006 @ 12:00 |
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sorry about the caps. svtstang Quote:
Using PG, proxy and using private trackers, you are as safe as possible.Quote:
thank you for your help I was bit too and was looking to start DLing again and you have been helpful and patient through out this whole forum. thanks again
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4. August 2006 @ 12:16 |
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LOL np man, there are just so many people in the forums that do that expecting help, and honestly it hurts my retinas reading it. You made a simply mistake, no harm, no foul. Have fun dl'ing, and take every measure you can to portect yourself from baddies.
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4. August 2006 @ 14:53 |
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mark5hs
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7. August 2006 @ 04:23 |
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what exactley is this HideIP Platinum ?
X2 3800, A8n deluxe motherboard, 7800GT, Xion 2 case
2GB Patriot DDR 400, Audigy 2 ZS gamer, 400GB SATA RAID 0
games Im looking forward to: bioshock, SSBB, enemy territory quake wars, halo 3
currently playing: command and conquer 3, supreme commander, counter strike, shivering isles
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7. August 2006 @ 04:52 |
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It looks like it does the same thing as Proxyway, except that Proxyway is free. (There is a "pro" version, though it simply allows unlimited proxies in it's list. The freebie "only" allows 100 proxies in your list. ;) )
There are websites that usually have a forum full of enthusiasts and contributers, that build up and continually update IP address lists for proxy user programs to use.
You run the program and import the list (which can be dozens or even hundreds of IP addresses), and the proxy serving program runs through and tests each one's connectivity details; location, whether or not it's "hidden" (something I still don't understand), and it's download/upload bit rate.
Some on the list are simply dead connections that fail, and you discard them. You end up with a list of foriegn IP addresses fromk which to choose your proxy server.
You can choose one from Thailand, for example, and everything that you send and recieve over the web automatically gets routed through that IP address in Thailand before leaving and returning to you.
It's not a failsafe that you cannot be traced. Rather rudimentary procedures can track down your IP, but because you complicate the process, it's more difficult to prove that YOU actually actively sought the use of the foriegn IP address when it sent data to you. (IE, for all they know, you were stupid and let an unknown IP address in Thailand hack into your system. "They" [the piracy-cops] KNOW what the deal is, they just can't really be bothered to try to prove it.)
You can use multiple proxies, which would PROBABLY allow you even greater chance of never being tracked at all (this is what hackers and email scammers do), but the download times would be excrutiatingly slow and subject to frequent bumping off, depending upon the reliability of the various providers.
For example, you could bounce around from Iran to Pakistan to Brazil to China, but who knows how reliable all those places are? (Maybe being bumped off the connection every twenty minutes is a way of life for some of those places, I don't know.)
I also have no idea how to run multiple proxies. (Perhaps that is another thing the "Pro" versions of many of these free proxy servers can do.)
Hope this helps. I'm a n00b, so I expect I may be corrected on some things. (Get a second opinion.)
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craftyzan
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7. August 2006 @ 09:27 |
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HIPP provides you with working and reliable proxies, no dead stuff. You play the switching game to give the trackers headaches, and let them chase less lively game.
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mark5hs
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22. August 2006 @ 18:26 |
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I read the review of hide ip on cnet and they gave it a 2 and said that many of the proxies didn't work and user reviews said that they turned it on and went to whatismyip.com and it still gave them it. Is it really a good program?
X2 3800, A8n deluxe motherboard, 7800GT, Xion 2 case
2GB Patriot DDR 400, Audigy 2 ZS gamer, 400GB SATA RAID 0
games Im looking forward to: bioshock, SSBB, enemy territory quake wars, halo 3
currently playing: command and conquer 3, supreme commander, counter strike, shivering isles
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22. August 2006 @ 18:59 |
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For the millioonth time, proxies are false protection. Ok for everyday browsing, not to good for P2P or the likes. The people you are using the proxy to hide from arnt stupid, and can easily see through the proxy if they gave a sh!t.
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tocool4u
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22. August 2006 @ 19:24 |
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The people you are using the proxy to hide from arnt stupid, and can easily see through the proxy if they gave a sh!t.
Actually they don't see through them. They trace the IP to that proxy server and the server keeps logs of the IPs that go to a proxy server IP. The people would have to contact admin and tell them to check the logs for that IP. They can also ping their IP and it will report back the "real Ip" Because ping requests don't lie.
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22. August 2006 @ 19:57 |
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Wow you are dense man. See through=they know you are using a proxy=being able to trace your true IP. just cause I dont explain the process doesnt mean you should feel the need to correct a perfectly legitamite statement. Thanks though.
BTW, just because an angency has your IP doesnt mean jack. Until they contact your ISP and either your ISP caves in or you pull a stupid and admit something, they have no clue who you are, or what you have actually done. Tocool4u please do what you do and correct that also.
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scorpNZ
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22. August 2006 @ 20:06 |
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@smiffff ... You are correct in your assumption that they track uploaders from p2p,torrents etc ,and yes they have powerful software that they use to see who's uploading music,movies,porn etc, it's that software that gets them the results and how one gets caught, there was a doco here in NZ that showed antipiracy companies searching the web etc for illeagal file sharing with that software ,i think they can see who's downloading also tho i can't be 100 % sure, meh anyway i've downloaded more than a few mp3's and only on 3-4 occasions in the last 2 years have had the firewall detect an attempted intrusion with the same signature.Basicly don't allow uploading from any folders,if you have to upload limit the amount of files to 1 and reduce the kb to 1-5 kbps if poss,make sure your download folder is cleared of all finished files,as it maybe able to be browsed from the net by the antipiracy software
As for surfing anonymously ,there is no such thing everything you do is logged
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22. August 2006 @ 20:38 |
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smifff, sent you a PM.
If you use PG2, make sure its updated (update it EVERY day, make sure its running at all times too, sense it never takes up more then 1% cpu power).
"The only people who should buy Monster cable are people who light cigars with Benjamins." - Gizmodo
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tocool4u
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22. August 2006 @ 20:45 |
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Wow you are dense man. See through=they know you are using a proxy=being able to trace your true IP. just cause I dont explain the process doesnt mean you should feel the need to correct a perfectly legitamite statement. Thanks though.
BTW, just because an angency has your IP doesnt mean jack. Until they contact your ISP and either your ISP caves in or you pull a stupid and admit something, they have no clue who you are, or what you have actually done. Tocool4u please do what you do and correct that also.
Dude stop it with the dense stuff man.......Are you that low to put stuff down and to jump down peoples backs. I wasn't correcting you .....Jeez are you still mad at me about the sig thread..Please be a man and do you attacks in PM and not bring it in forums....Just for that
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22. August 2006 @ 20:48 |
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LOL, didnt see that coming, wait I did! Sure I will get suspended for absolutely nothing, if thats the case, i really dont care anymore.
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