how do I confirm my real IP is hidden?

[supersi]

I've recently started using Hide I.P platinum on both of my 'puters.
They are behind an ADSL Modem/Router.
How can I confirm I'm behind an anonymous I.P? Or is this impossible?

[developer]

Maybe you can try www.mywanip.com.
If your program works by using proxy servers, you should see the server's IP address instead of yours on the webpage.

[johnd]

It's my understanding that your IP numbers are automatically hidden when you are behind a ADSL router/modem since it uses NAT - Network Address Translation meaning that the only IP number visible to the outside world is the one on the internet side of the router.

[Greg]

how do I confirm my real IP is hidden?Ask a moderator on these forums.

[TGoddard]

It looks like Hide IP only uses a proxy server. This is better than nothing but it doesn't do much. To really get a decent level of stealth you need something like tor (http://tor.eff.org/) and a utility in your browser to hide personal information (e.g. Firefox with Stealther extension). I have both of these, although I rarely have occasion to use them.

Tor is much better than a proxy server because all connections are encrypted, no one of the three nodes in a circuit knows both the origin and destination of a connection, and the pathway taken (the 'circuit') changes every minute or so. It's still vulnerable to certain timing attacks unless you run a node yourself but is much more effective than anything else.

[motorbyclist]

lol ties in nicely with your signiature too

[Greg]

lol ties in nicely with your signiature too

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