How to find the IP address of a specific website or blog

Posted on February 23, 2010 in How to, Misc, Web Proxies

There are some quick and easy ways to find out the IP address of a specific website. I will present you two of them.

Go to Start —> Run
Open Command Prompt: type cmd and hit Enter
Write ping domainname.com and hit Enter

Once you get the IP address you can use locate IP address tools to find [...]

Top 5 free VPN services

Posted on November 6, 2009 in Misc, Security, Web Proxies

If you are here reading this post then you might be interested in other posts like top free hide ip software or top web proxy sites.
Now, regarding VPNs, these are great to use if you want to be anonymous not only when you are browsing but also when you are using any kind of applications: [...]

How to locate an IP address

Posted on October 27, 2009 in Misc, Security, Web Proxies

Some weeks ago, I was talking about how we can find out someone’s IP address. Myiptest.com provides solution into finding out someone’s IP, but how can we trace that IP and to find its location? There are specific tools for this also.
The first one that I would like to mention is Geobytes.com. Unfortunately it is [...]

What is an open proxy?

Posted on October 15, 2009 in Misc, Security, Web Proxies

An open proxy is a public proxy server that allows all Internet users to use its service and does not require a password to logon and use.
The so-called “anonymous” open proxies, allows a user to hide his IP address from the accessed service. Running as open proxies is a high risk because this allows abusers [...]

What is a Proxy Server?

Posted on September 28, 2009 in Misc, Security, Web Proxies

A proxy server is an intermediate computer between you and the server the request was sent. In this way, the client computer is invisible to the Web server being protected of malicious attacks and keeping itself anonymous.

How does the proxy server work?

When you make a request (http,ssl,ftp,etc), your internal computer connects to the proxy server. [...]

Is it legal to hide your IP address?

Posted on September 14, 2009 in Misc, Security, Web Proxies

I saw that many Internet users are asking on forums if hiding IP address is legal or not. This is something that I would like to clarify. Hiding IP address is both a security measure and an online privacy solution, because it allows you to protect your real IP address and your private information. Hackers [...]

How to access blocked websites without using hide IP software or web proxy

Posted on August 26, 2009 in Misc, Security, Web Proxies

There are some simple tips that anyone can use for unblocking a websites. These methods are not providing you anonymity and are not hiding your IP address, but they will provide you access to blocked websites.
1. Use Google Translate.

Go to http://translate.google.com/ .
Paste the link of the blocked website into the translation field.
Select to translate [...]

Top 10 web proxy sites

Posted on July 14, 2009 in Misc, Security, Web Proxies

In a previously post I spoke about top methods used to hide the IP address and to stay invisible online. There were no examples given so I thought that for each category I should make a list with the top applications, toolbars and web proxies used.

Hide My Ass. Is one of the best, a top [...]

Top methods to stay invisible online

Posted on July 6, 2009 in Free Hide IP, Misc, Security, Web Proxies

If you hit the search bar in Google looking for methods of hiding the IP address in order to obtain an anonymous browsing, to unblock websites, bypass filters etc, you will get thousands of results. And you have to deeply search and analyze to see which are the most used methods and best resources to [...]

Proxy websites vs IP hiding software

Posted on May 14, 2009 in Misc, Security, Web Proxies

In an older post I talked about the differences between static IP address and dynamic IP address. The conclusion was that it’s much easier to change your dynamic IP address than the static one while you are connected to the Internet. In this post I will talk about two ways of changing the IP address, [...]