Re: Anonymize internet access

[Alexander Klimov <alserkli () inbox ru>]

On Sat, 1 Oct 2005, Matt Alexander wrote:
> Joshua Graham wrote:
> > http://www.stilllistener.com/checkpoint1/Java/. While running through
> > TOR in Firefox the page was still able to get my real IP address. I was
> > wondering if anyone could explain what happened and if there was anyway
> > around that. Thanks in advance.
>
> The Java applet bypasses your browser's proxy settings.

And if you want to avoid such problems setup a (local) firewall so
that only tor can connect outside.

It is also a good idea to have private IP address (e.g., 10.0.0.1)
which is NAT-ed by (non-host) firewall, so that the host itself does
not know its external IP.

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Regards,
ASK