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Blocking My IP

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by borginva

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When online to the Internet world, I need to know how to block my IP address from shoing up and being tracked. I use Norton Internet Securit 2k3 and Ontrack's Friewall program, and the freebie of ZOneAlarm.
Sometimes I go to a web site and it states my IP address and I am afraid that this intrusion of my privacy is being tracked by other sites (and third parties).
What can I do, or is it another program to use, to block my IP address from being tracked?

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by steve cody

When you connect to the Internet, your PC is provided with a public IP address from your ISP. When you connect to a web site, your computer creates a TCP session with the server you are connecting to. For this reason, an IP address is required.So, if you don't want the site to have your IP address, you could use an anonymous browsing proxy server. There are many out there on the Internet. Here is a link to help you find one: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=anonymous+web+proxy

Otherwise, there is no software you can run on your PC to keep your IP address from being visible to the sites you visit on the Internet.

Good luck.

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