How Can I Know If My Ip Address Is Visible To Intruders
IP addresses are assigned to computers by your ISP for browsing the internet, or by administrators when configuring a LAN. This IP is unique to each computer.
When browsing web sites, your IP address, along with other personal information, is vulnerable to webmasters, hackers or any person with software capable of retrieving this information. In order to avoid compromising your personal information and making your computer vulnerable to outside attacks, you can use an anonymous proxy server, such as those listed at www.findproxy.org.
To verify if your IP address is visible, you can access this page normally, and then through an anonymous proxy server.
When accessed normally, you should see your IP address below.
Your IP address is:
After confirming your IP address, access this same page through an anonymous proxy server, in which case your IP address should not appear above.
This way, you will be able to verify if the server you have chosen really hides your IP address and if you are thus surfing the web anonymously, with no security risk to your PC and your personal information.
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