Re: How to use proxies and surf safe

From: Cap (cap_at_sand-n-sea.us)
Date: 05/24/03 

Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 20:48:04 -0500

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"Tracker" <"snailmail(invalid)222000"@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Dave wrote:
>
> > First of all, you need to connect through a proxy.
> >
> > Just like http://www.megaproxy.com and http://www.anonymizer.com there
> > are thousands of free proxies which allow you connect anonymously and
> > securely to the website of your choosing.
> >
> > Go to http://proxysite.com/ and choose a proxy computer in the country
> > of your choice. There are anonymous proxies, and transparent proxies,
> > and you want to choose an anonymous proxy that totally masks your IP
> > from the website (i.e. computer) which you connect to.
> >
> > Once you've chosen your proxy, open Internet Explorer 5.5 and go to
> > Tools/Internet Options/Connections
> >
> > If you have cable modem or broadband connection click on "LAN
> > Settings," check "Use a proxy server" and enter the proxy IP number,
> > and port in the boxes.
> >
> > If you're on a dialup connection go to Tools/Internet
> > Options/Connections
> >
> > In the white "Dial-up settings" box, highlight the connection you use.
> > Click on "Settings." Check "Use a proxy server" and enter the proxy
> > IP number, and port in the boxes.
> >
> > Click "Okay."
> >
> > Once you have your proxy, go to http://www.all-nettools.com/pr.htm to
> > check if you are really anonymous.
> >
> > Connecting to a proxy server is just like connecting to a website.
> > All the internet is, is computers, and a webserver which serves
> > websites, is just another computer. When you connect to the website
> > Yahoo for example, you are immediately proxied through several other
> > computers which handle Yahoo's web traffic. The "web address" is just
> > a mask for a computer's IP number. For instance
> > http://www.all-nettools.com is just a domain name for the computer at
> > IP address http://216.92.207.177. Connect to http://216.92.207.177
> > and you will see that it is exactly the same website.
> >
> > To clear your computer of your past surfing content,
> >
> > Go to Tools/Internet Options/General/
> >
> > Clear History
> > Delete Files
> > Delete Files-Delete Offline Content
> > Then go to the tab "Content" AutoComplete - Clear Forms, Clear
> > Passwords.
> >
> > To make sure the websites aren't tracking you, delete all your cookies
> >
> > Go to Windows Explorer
> >
> > C:/Windows/Temporary Internet Files/
> > Edit/"Select All" or Cntrl+A
> > Delete
> >
> > C:/Windows/Cookies
> > Delete
> >
> > C:/Windows/Temp/Cookies
> > Delete
> >
> > To turn off your cookies so that you don't have to delete them as
> > often, in Internet Explorer 5.5 go to Tools/Internet Options/Security
> > "Custom Level," scroll down until you see "Allow cookies that are
> > stored on your computer," select Disable, and click Okay.
> >
> > If anyone knows anything else to clear, please let me know. Remember,
> > your Internet Service Provider (ISP) could still be watching you, but
> > if you connect through a proxy they would have packet sniff to see
> > what you're looking at. You could get around this with an encrypted
> > proxy such as http://www.megaproxy.com, which encrypts your packets so
> > long as whoever is trying to monitor you does not have the
> > de-encryption keys. Also remember that if you post something through
> > a proxy you could still be traced if the proxy computer you connect
> > through keeps logs.
> >
> > In my opinion, the internet should be 100% anonymous in any case. No
> > one has any authority to look at any of your web communications
> > without a court order, and countries have no authority to regulate
> > communications between people, on the net or otherwise.
> >
> > Also note that if you're using a proxy, a downloaded Yahoo program
> > such as chat or games, or movies, automatically opens a new program
> > which may NOT connect through the proxy, and could reveal your real
> > IP.
> >
> > For more information on the internet and to test the safety of your
> > computer, go to http://www.grc.com or http://www.privacy.net.
> >
> > It's also a good idea to have a good firewall. Zone Alarm is one of
> > the best, you can download for free at
> >
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp
> >
> > It's also a good idea to change your network connections so that your
> > TCP/IP protocol is not bound to the Client for Microsoft Networks.
> > You can learn how to do this at http://www.grc.com. See
> > http://grc.com/su-bondage.htm. This makes it harder for people to
> > hack in over NetBios port 139 (yet if you have a good firewall, they
> > won't be able to in any case).
> >
> > For more information on your internet connection, the winipcfg and
> > netstat commands are useful. These can be accessed from the START/Run
> > box or from DOS if you're on a Win 98 or older operating system.
> >
> > Also, it is possible to circumvent any proxy you are FORCED to connect
> > through(for instance maybe if you live in China or the Middle East),
> > and it is possible to connect through two proxies, making you even
> > more anonymous (though the real test of anonymity is whether the proxy
> > keeps logs or not).
> >
> > To circumvent a FORCED proxy, or connect through two at one time,
> > download HTTPort at http://www.htthost.com/. The program is only
> > 760MB, small enough to email as an attachment. Details on how to use
> > it are here: http://mikhed.narod.ru/en/programs/httport.htm.
> > Basically in the proxy server box of your browser (Internet Explorer,
> > etc.) you point your browser to what is known as the localhost,
> > 127.0.0.1 on port 3128, then in HTTPort, you put the FORCED or FIRST
> > proxy as the proxy you need to bypass, (if it's a forced proxy it will
> > usually connect on port 80) and in the "Port Mapping" section of
> > HTTPort, the local port is 3128, while the subsequent remote port and
> > remote host are your second proxy and its respective port.
> >
> > So HTTPort first goes on, circumvents, and connects you to the forced
> > proxy which you normally would automatically connect to. Then it goes
> > through your browser, which connects to the local host, 127.0.0.1 on
> > port 3128, then back to HTTPort which connects to the second proxy and
> > its respective port, which allows you to surf freely.
> >
> > The only things is, can the forced proxy detect HTTPort?? Because it
> > looks to me as if HTTPort is the PROGRAM which connects you to the
forced
> > proxy (however it would most likely be very easy to spoof HTTPort and
> > make it look exactly the same as Internet Explorer).
> >
> > HTTPort will make you connect through one proxy, and then make that
> > proxy connect through a second proxy. Just as if you connected
> > through one proxy, and then went to http://www.anonymizer.com. I
> > guess that by using HTTPort and then going to a proxy webpage you
> > could connect through three or more proxies. If you're FORCED to
> > connect through a proxy, HTTPort makes your forced proxy connect to a
> > second proxy which bypasses the censoring.
> >
> > Also, remember your browser is just a software program running on your
> > computer. Given this, it could be quite possible to manufacture
> > another software program like HTTPort which allows you to connect
> > through 3 or 4 or 10, or 100 or more proxies if you chose to. It
> > could be made to work in with your browser. Though conceivably you
> > could still be traced if all the proxies kept logs, and if you have
> > one proxy which doesn't keep logs, you would only need that one proxy.
> > Normally when you connect through your browser, you go through the
> > proxy or first computer, and then your browser sends a command to
> > connect to the website or second computer, so proxy chaining is just
> > the same, and quite conceivable.
> >
> > Also, it may be possible to turn your home computer into a proxy for
> > other people to use, though I'm currently unsure of how to do this.
> > It may be possible with a program called "Wingate" yet if you're not
> > careful it may at the same time open your computer up to hackers.
> > However I've heard that Linux users are able to proxy through each
> > other's computers.
> >
> > Also, as far as encryption goes, I was thinking about this, and I
> > guess if you connect to an encrypted WEB site, only the website can
> > see the information which you are sending to it. If you first connect
> > to a non-encrypted proxy, and then to an encrypted website, your ISP
> > could still see which site you connect to IF they packet read, because
> > the first "GET" command would not be encrypted. But of course, your
> > ISP wouldn't be able to see the encrypted information, (unless they
> > have de-encryption keys) and the connection would be encrypted from
> > the website to your own computer, even over the proxy. So the proxy
> > doesn't really help anything. Yet if you connect to an encrypted
> > PROXY such as http://www.megaproxy.com, your ISP can't see anything
> > (except that you're connecting to megaproxy, BUT, any information sent
> > between the proxy and another website is not encrypted. So for
> > instance if you write a note to a message board while using megaproxy,
> > it COULD concievably be intercepted by anyone on any router which the
> > packet travels over from the PROXY to the website (though not from
> > your computer to the proxy), since you do not have a secure connection
> > with the website and your connection is only encrypted between your
> > computer and the proxy).
> >
> > Really, who are you evading? A website, or your ISP. So encrypt to
> > evade your ISP, and proxy to evade a website. And connecting to an
> > encrypted website ensures your information is not intercepted by
> > anyone on any of the routers which your information travels over to
> > reach the other computer.
>
>
>
> First of all, you need to connect through a proxy.
>
> Your wrong, a person can connect to their own personal proxy server.
> There are very few honest proxy hosting companies on the Internet.
>
>
> Just like http://www.megaproxy.com
>
> Go ahead and trust them if you wish. They are a business
> which has no phone contact, only e-mail contact. This sounds
> hacker suspicious to me.
>
> and http://www.anonymizer.com there
>
> If you want them to spy on all the Websites and Newsgroups you visit, go
for it.
>
> are thousands of free proxies which allow you connect anonymously and
> securely to the website of your choosing.
>
> You won't find many free public proxy servers on the Internet. Most of
the proxy
> servers
> listed on the Internet are misconfigured innocent victims computers that
your
> stealing their
> Internet resources from. Sounds like you don't know much about the
Internet and
> hackers.
>
>
> Go to http://proxysite.com/ and choose a proxy computer in the country
> of your choice. There are anonymous proxies, and transparent proxies,
> and you want to choose an anonymous proxy that totally masks your IP
> from the website (i.e. computer) which you connect to.
>
> See above remarks.
>
>
> Tracker
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