just wondering if there was a way to block your ip adress.

sorry if im not aloud to ask this i was jus wondering

Originally posted by J_Smith
just wondering if there was a way to block your ip adress.

sorry if im not aloud to ask this i was jus wondering

From where?

If you are talking about on a web server, then yes. Quite simply.

If you mean stopping your IP address being registered on a web server, then you can go through a proxy server or an anonomiser.

If you mean 'can a web server block my address and prevent me from connecting' - oh yes, and we do it to people who really upset us! :)

Joe

You can get software that will hide your IP address for you whenever you go on-line. Your IP address will just show up blank.
I don't know if you'll get on any forums though. You probably wouldn't be allowed to join CbtTechs while hiding your IP address, it just looks like you have something to hide.

i have nout to hide i was jus wondering

Originally posted by vidster
You can get software that will hide your IP address for you whenever you go on-line. Your IP address will just show up blank.
That really is absolute piffle. You can route through anonymous proxy servers, but their IP address will show up instead of yours, rather than it being blank.

Think of your IP address as being like your snail mail address, when you're corresponding with someone. If they don't know what your address is, how can they send anything to you?

A proxy works a bit like having a PO Box, in that the other party responds to the PO Box, and you get their response from that PO Box. If you do something to warrant investigation by a government agency of some sort, they will just track you via the proxy, or PO Box, rather than directly.

Originally posted by squirrelz
That really is absolute piffle. You can route through anonymous proxy servers, but their IP address will show up instead of yours, rather than it being blank.

The next time i notice one on CbtTechs i'll take a screenshot to show you then :rolleyes:

Vidster, squirrelz - I'm not an expert here but I THINK you both might be right.

Whilst you need an IP address in the TCP/IP stack to allow for packet addressing, the IP that's presented to the web server for use in the HTTP_REFERRER and related attributes will be put there by the HTTP protocol. So I assume that it's posisble to have a piece of software that rewrites the HTTP protocol data to remove the IP address form the HTTP headers, whilst still allowing data to be transferred.

If that's the case then you could still trace back to the proxy by looking at the lower level logs on the server.

Of course, I may just be whistling Dixie here. :)

Joe

Originally posted by vidster
The next time i notice one on CbtTechs i'll take a screenshot to show you then :rolleyes:

That'd simply show up what the php script records though;).

Going into the actual server logs, would show an IP address (though this would be the proxy servers IP). The proxy server logs would include your actual IP (or another proxy servers IP.........).