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Name: rock_chick
Date: October 23, 2006 at 13:26:31 Pacific
Subject: Masking An IP Address
OS: WinXPHomeSP2
CPU/Ram: AMD 2.1GHZ, 256mb RAM
Comment:

Can I mask my IP address without using a proxy server? I'm not conviced they're safe. Is it even legal?


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Response Number 1
Name: XpUser4Real
Date: October 23, 2006 at 14:04:07 Pacific
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Lots of hits here:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...

Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks


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Response Number 2
Name: rock_chick
Date: October 23, 2006 at 23:41:37 Pacific
Reply:

But is it legal?


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Response Number 3
Name: XpUser
Date: October 24, 2006 at 04:40:26 Pacific
Reply:

Legal as to what? Download it? Use it?

i_XpUser


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Response Number 4
Name: rock_chick
Date: October 25, 2006 at 07:23:12 Pacific
Reply:

Well either but basically are ways of masking your ip address with or without a proxy server legal to use at all, including the programs themselves?


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