Category Archives: Q&A

Q&A: What’s the difference between SOCKS and HTTP proxies?

By HideIP Admin | Published: September 19, 2009
Q: While looking for proxies on proxy sites (for example on SamAir.ru), I see both HTTP and SOCKS proxies. What is the difference between those two? What type of proxies should I choose? A: SOCKS is a protocol that allows nearly every type or application to be tunneled through it while HTTP is specialized for HTTP [...]
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What’s the difference between PPTP VPN and OpenVPN?

By HideIP Admin | Published: September 17, 2009
VPN services are more and more used to hide IP addresses and provide anonymity due to their simplicity and efficiency. Most of these services offer connections through PPTP protocol and some offer OpenVPN connections. Both are functionally the same, in that they both are VPNs (Virtual Private Networks). As far as anonymity, both offer encryption [...]
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Q&A: How to send an email to look as sent from another country?

By HideIP Admin | Published: September 5, 2009
I got this interesting question from one of my readers: how do I send an email so that my laptop shows I am visiting Australia? It does not matter why my reader needed this, let’s see how to solve the problem. To find the IP of an email sender is, most of the times, an easy task. [...]
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Q&A: How to hide your IP address without installing any software?

By HideIP Admin | Published: July 25, 2009
If you are not willing or you don’t have sufficient rights to install software on the computer you use for browsing there are only 3 options you can use to hide your IP address and browse anonymously: 1. Web Proxies A web proxy is basically a web site that acts as an intermediate between you and the [...]
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Q&A: Can i use Ultrasurf if the port 9666 is locked?

By HideIP Admin | Published: July 21, 2009
 Q: Can i use ultrasurf if the port 9666 is locked? A: Unfortunatly, there is no way to run Ultrasurf if port 9666 is blocked. This port is used by Ultrasurf to connect to the Ultrareach servers and re-route your traffic. As mentioned in the Ultrasurf Faq / Question 11, in the future versions it will be [...]
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How to watch SciFi from outside US?

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 30, 2009
When you try to access SciFi.com outside US you get the following message: This message is similar to those of other video streaming sites like Hulu.com, NBC.com, ABC.com, Fox.com. The country filters of these sites can be bypassed using Hotspot Shield as described in previous posts: The problem is that Hotspot Shield does not work with SciFi.com. [...]
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Q&A: The existing hide IP tools work with IE8?

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 21, 2009
As you probably know, Microsoft has released this week version 8 of their Internet Explorer. IE8 is faster (the fastest if we consider Microsoft’s own tests) and more secured (White Paper: IE8 – A Safer Online Experience). The question is how this affect the existing hide IP tools? Will the existing hide IP tools available on [...]
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How to browse with French IP address

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 19, 2009
When you need to change your IP address to a French one you don’t have many alternatives. Most of the hide IP tools available on the market use US servers, providing US IP addresses. Here several ways to get a French IP: 1. Use Web Proxies Web proxies are very simple to use and you don’t have to install [...]
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How to run Hotspot Shield on Vista 64-bit

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 18, 2009
Hotspot Shield is a small software that creates a VPN between your computer and an Internet gateway. It’s ideal for watching Hulu, ABC, NBC, Fox or other restricted video streaming sites for visitors outside US and also for hiding your IP address for any purposes you may have. The bad news comes for Vista 64-bit users: Hotspot Shield does not work due [...]
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