Archive for April, 2010

IP Changer Software Vs Free Proxy Websites

Aren’t you sometimes surprised that those advertisements that you see when you surf seem to know your exact location? Blame your IP address. Your IP address is your identification to the cyberspace. IP addresses, or internet protocol addresses, tell everybody your real location. Each computer which is connected to the Internet has an IP address – and basically a way for everybody to know where everyone is.

Your IP address could be a way to pinpoint your identity, especially for those techie people who know how things work around the cyberspace. To prevent such to happen, people resort to a IP changer or proxy sites. These services mask your real IP address, giving off a fake address to other people.
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Set Up Your Own Proxy Website

Browsing anonymously is very simple. You go to one of the free proxy websites, enter target address and you get the desired page without exposing your data to that page. While this is free and you hide your IP address, you still present your data to one server or website. You never know what is this server doing with your data. The best solution would be to have your own proxy. This way you would have total control over what data is stored and how this data is used.

To set up a proxy website is pretty simple. There are many free scripts available on web. Simply search for “proxy script” and you will get a lot of choices. One popular script is Glype. This is a free web-based PHP script. This script downloads web pages and forwards them to your browser. The script is in fact a complete website with only one function: to act as a proxy between your computer and the destination web server where your wanted page is hosted. Most such scripts have plenty of parameters to configure, but default values work well in most situations.
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