Re: How do I stop my internal IP address being viewable externally?

From: Anthony Boynes (nobody_at_this.address)
Date: 11/30/04


Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 06:59:10 -0700

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:51:48 -0000, Tx2
<tx2newscollection@hotmail.com> wrote:

>In article <MPG.1c1640cced5c922d989b7c@news-server.columbus.rr.com>,
>void@nowhere.org, a.k.a Leythos says...
>
>
>> You could also use FireFox 1.0 for browsing the web normally and then
>> use IE only for sites that you trust.
>
>I currently use Firefox 1.0PR, and rarely use IE, so that site found my
>IP even though i was using a 'preferred' browser.
>
>I'm downloading Firefox 1.0 as i type ...

The problem with that site seeing your ip is the use of javascript,
not a particular browser.

Anthony Boynes



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