How to block website from reading my IP? - Super User most recent 30 from superuser.com 2010-03-20T04:00:05Z http://superuser.com/feeds/question/66898 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://superuser.com/questions/66898/how-to-block-website-from-reading-my-ip 0 How to block website from reading my IP? Gal http://superuser.com/users/0 2009-11-06T21:02:38Z 2009-11-08T09:58:52Z <p>I want to watch videos on a website but I can only access my country's version. Whenever I type in say <code>.ca</code> (Canada) instead of <code>.il</code> (Israel), I get redirected to <code>.il</code>.</p> <p>How can I surpass that?</p> http://superuser.com/questions/66898/how-to-block-website-from-reading-my-ip/66899#66899 4 Answer by user4612 for How to block website from reading my IP? user4612 http://superuser.com/users/4612 2009-11-06T21:06:03Z 2009-11-06T21:06:16Z <p>Somehow something has to know your ip address, or else the server would be unable to make a connection back to you. A proxy would sit in between you and the host such that you would connect to the proxy and the proxy would connect to the server. Ideally you could get a proxy in the country you want to appear to be connected from.</p> <p>A quick <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=web+surf+proxy" rel="nofollow">google search</a>.</p> http://superuser.com/questions/66898/how-to-block-website-from-reading-my-ip/66903#66903 1 Answer by Holmes for How to block website from reading my IP? Holmes http://superuser.com/users/16778 2009-11-06T21:18:41Z 2009-11-06T21:18:41Z <p>You can also look at using Hotspot Shield its rather handy for both accessing video not always available to your area as well as security on random access points. </p> <p>below is cut and paste from www.hotspotshield.com </p> <pre><code>* Secure your web session with HTTPS encryption. * Hide your IP address for your privacy online. * Access all content privately without censorship; bypass firewalls. * Protect yourself from snoopers at Wi-Fi hotspots, hotels, airports, corporate offices and ISP hubs. * Works on wireless and wired connections alike. * Secure your data &amp; personal information online. </code></pre> http://superuser.com/questions/66898/how-to-block-website-from-reading-my-ip/66910#66910 0 Answer by CarlF for How to block website from reading my IP? CarlF http://superuser.com/users/11550 2009-11-06T21:47:04Z 2009-11-06T21:47:04Z <p>Recommendation: <a href="http://www.panix.com" rel="nofollow">Panix</a> offers a proxy to all their customers. For $100 (US) per year you get unlimited use. It would resolve to the USA.</p> http://superuser.com/questions/66898/how-to-block-website-from-reading-my-ip/66914#66914 3 Answer by joshhunt for How to block website from reading my IP? joshhunt http://superuser.com/users/919 2009-11-06T21:54:41Z 2009-11-06T21:54:41Z <p>Due to the way the internet works, a website always needs to know 'your' IP address, so you can't really block a website from seeing it. BUT, you could use a proxy server which would essentially hide your IP address from websites and, depending on the location of the proxy, you could fool websites that you are coming from America</p> <p>One possible solution is to use an anonymous proxy, such as TOR, an SSH tunnel, or a PHProxy.</p> <p>The quickest solution would have to a PHProxy. You can find plenty using a quick <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;safe=off&amp;client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=phproxy+%2B%22Includes+a+mini+URL-form+on+every+HTML+page%22+%2Bintitle%3A%22PHProxy%22+%2B%22Store+cookies+for+this+session+only%22&amp;aq=f&amp;oq=&amp;aqi=" rel="nofollow">Google search</a>. Here's an <a href="http://profile.iiita.ac.in/sranjan1%5F01/shaktie/" rel="nofollow">example PHProxy site</a>.</p> <p>A possibly more 'secure' and anonymous proxy is TOR. Here is what <a href="http://www.torproject.org/" rel="nofollow">their website</a> has to say about themselves:</p> <blockquote> <p>Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world</p> </blockquote> <p>Checkout this <a href="http://lifehacker.com/331996/browse-the-internet-anonymously-with-tor" rel="nofollow">Lifehacker snippit</a> for instructions on setting it up</p> http://superuser.com/questions/66898/how-to-block-website-from-reading-my-ip/66942#66942 0 Answer by Justin White for How to block website from reading my IP? Justin White http://superuser.com/users/17106 2009-11-06T23:37:53Z 2009-11-06T23:37:53Z <p>The only way around showing your IP address is using a proxy server such as zend2.com</p> http://superuser.com/questions/66898/how-to-block-website-from-reading-my-ip/66946#66946 0 Answer by DrFredEdison for How to block website from reading my IP? DrFredEdison http://superuser.com/users/15170 2009-11-06T23:55:34Z 2009-11-08T03:04:52Z <p>Everyone is suggesting using a proxy server, which is really the only way to go, you have to make sure you use a <em>fast</em> one, and one from the county the site you are visiting is filtering for. Here is pretty decent tutorial that walks one through setting up Tor to talk to the BBC (in the UK), but the instructions would apply to any similar situation:</p> <p><a href="http://hurwi.net/blog/?p=28" rel="nofollow">http://hurwi.net/blog/?p=28</a></p> <p>If you use the site they reccommend in that article (the .eu one) I would recommend accessing it via a throwaway VM, as my browser seems to flag it as an "untrusted" site. Also, you may want to filter the list by "fast" as well as "exit" to ensure you get a faster connection.</p>