How do I find out if my browser is leaking my computer name and if so can hackers use that to identify me. Can I stop it? Thanks
Sites like BrowserSpy or Leader.ru can provide more detailed information. Much can be blocked (or faked) using a webfilter (Proxomitron is the most powerful but the hardest to use). Your IP address can be disguised using a proxy server.
No it won't. At best a router will implement Network Address Translation where it gives your PCs private IP addresses (in the 192.168.x.x range normally) while it receives a public IP address from your ISP. This allows you to share an Internet connection and has the security benefit of all traffic going to the router first, but it does not provide any privacy protection.
I stand corrected. I thought the address it showed to the internet was generic and not your true address.
Thanls for the links. according to the Leader ru and also an anonymiser.com check my computer name is not available. Thanks to all other respondents too Regards Unregd
Hi # Does anyone know if the Proxomitron is still being supported? Last time I checked it wasn't Thanks
Proxomitron's author, Scott Lemmon, sadly passed away in May 2004 so there will not be any updates to the program itself - however new filters and filtersets are being supported and developed. Information on these can be found at CastleCops, Flaaten.dk (which is titled the "official" Proxomitorn forum) and Kye-U's Unofficial Proxomitron Forum.
Paranoid sounds like a 'good man', i have heard about this program and decided to use it and i must say i like it very much Stopped using it at the moment due to conflicts with other software, but i do recommend it to other users. T
What conflicts? Remember, if you need any help with Proxomitron, you have lots of places and people to ask for help
