Dial Up & Router = Great Security

Dial-up and router connection posses excellent security feature actually. But not many people aware of this magnificent detail. So how does it work? Instead of using static IPs, they use dynamic ones. It means that every time you connect to internet, you will get a new IP. For your security, this is sweet!

This works by preventing internet attackers of tracking your IP. For example: you have some online banking transactions, and a hacker tracks your activity (as he doesn’t have enough time to decrypt your information, edit it, and resend it as an interception), then he remembers your IP, planning to send his specialized info-stealing tool to get information about you (such as bank account information). But before he is done sending, you finish your internet session. The next day, the hacker tries to send his newly improved stealing-tool to your IP, but oops! The IP is not yours anymore; it might be used by a 10 years old boy playing an internet solitaire. So instead of getting a bank account, he only gets an internet solitaire account, which won’t do much good to him. Then, after banging his head to his desk, he plays internet solitaire as he has no idea how to find you (and your bank account). Sweet isn’t?

Yet secure it is my friend, but not flawless. Some drawbacks are commonly recognized, such as if you use dial-up connection, mostly you will not get a fast connection (however router can acquire faster speed, especially broadband routers). Both connection are also not the most favored to play online gaming, as the setting might get a little tricky sometimes. And also, You will be invulnerable to internet attack only after you end your session (disconnect), meaning that if an attacker get his hands on you before you end your session, you're dead.

However, if you don’t have both type of connections, but you have a fast connection (with static IP), may be you don’t want to bother yourself rushing to get them, as you can also secure your connection (and yourself) with other ways. Many free tools are at your disposal, such as IP hider, proxies, etc. But be careful, bad proxies might steal information you send pass them, as well as hiding your IP. Choose only among the trusted ones. Google provides many trusted anonymity and security links on the upper right of this page. Feel free to check them out.

Anonymity Tips: Remove Cookies

HTTP cookies, or more commonly referred to as Web cookies, tracking cookies or just cookies, are parcels of text sent by a server to a Web client (usually a browser) and then sent back unchanged by the client each time it accesses that server. HTTP cookies are used for authenticating, session tracking (state maintenance), and maintaining specific information about users, such as site preferences or the contents of their electronic shopping carts. The term "cookie" is derived from "magic cookie," a well-known concept in UNIX computing which inspired both the idea and the name of HTTP cookies. (www.wikipedia.com)

Cookies have expiration period, which means they will remove themselves from your computer after passing certain limit of time. This is for the sake of your security in case you forget to logout from your internet account. You can further edit your browsers’ expiration of cookies setting. You can choose to let them expire by themselves or after the end of your current session. Also, you can manually delete them at any moment you want to.

Browsers commonly have the setting to accept or reject cookies. Rejecting cookies will make some certain websites unable to provide service properly, for example shopping websites, websites which requires login, etc. For the rest there’s no problem. Rejecting third party cookies (which are used to track multiple website visits, usually for ads) commonly cause no problem and increase your security.

Many internet attack use cookies as the device, such as cookie hijacking, cookie poisoning, cross site cooking, etc. Cookies theft is highly dangerous toward your security, as it contain potential harm of internet attack. Cookies can be used to track your IP’s activity during your internet session. If you forget to logout from your web account, it won’t be good.

In summary, despite of their use, cookies posses some drawbacks which can threat your security, so if you want to increase your protection, you might want to reject cookies when you don’t need them, and use them only when you must, thus, saving you from unnecessary threat.

If you look for another ways to secure your internet sessions, Google provides many trusted links toward them on the upper right of this page. Fell free to check them out.

Free IP Checking

Recently, plenty websites provides free service to check your IP address. You can easily use them to check your IP. You might want to use these websites to find out what information about you is transmitted over the web. You can also measure your security’s vulnerability. If you use a proxy server or anonymous tool/service, you can check whether it’s working or not.

However, these websites provides different features. Some can show the country, state, and city where you are. Some can even show a satellite image of your current location and clearly point out your roof. Some can also find out your exact latitude and longitude position, maybe in case if someone want to fire a long distance missile toward you :p. These websites can also show your operating system and browser type.

Each of these websites has their own special feature. Some provide you with unique tool such as a trace route, which traces your connection all the way to the website’s server, with each ping time of the terminals. Some uses simple and easy to use design, to maximize access speed.

This access speed depends to many aspects. If the website is showing a map / satellite image, it may be a bit slower than a simple websites without map/images. If many people are using the service from the same website, it also decreases access speed. Depending to your connection and situation, you might want to use the one with acceptable speed.

We have provided you some links to these websites. What you need to do is to find the one which is suitable for your need. Feel free to try.

Tool: IP Hider / Changer

IP hider / changer / mask are tools / softwares that functions as a mirror relay point to hide your true IP address while browsing through the internet. They are specially designed as a shield protecting user’s safety in the harsh realm of internet. They will be helpful in avoiding being attack by hackers, and ironically needed too by hackers themselves. Of course, there is no right or wrong here, there are only perspectives.

Nowadays there are some security tools / software that can be downloaded for free. Most of them will give you a free trial for a few days, ranging from 3 to 7 days usually. Some of them can even be used all the time without limitation as a freeware. But still, subscribed version offers the best experience to use.

After you install the tool / software, it will need to connect to their parent network / website. A registration is commonly needed to try or subscribe to the service. After activated / registered, it will pass your connection through their proxy server, thus ensuring your safety during your surfing sessions by hiding your real IP address. Of course this setting can be changed at any time from the setting.

Each tool/software offers different features. Some give you a new IP address each day, some use the same IP address all the time, and some even can give you a new one every minute. Their speed are also varied one another. What you need to do is choosing the one that is suitable for your purpose, meaning that you can try all those tools / software as many as you like.

We have supply you with some top rated IP hider / changer/ mask links here. Feel free to try.

Anonymous Surfing Through Proxy Servers

This time, internet security is highly advanced, but not flawless. Once you connect your computer to internet, many people can see you. Web masters, web owners, administrators, up to spammers, phishers, and hackers can collect your personal identity and all the information about it for their own advantage. It is possible as your IP (internet protocol) address is a very vulnerable spot to attack. It certainly posses’ serious threats; as it can intercept your internet banking or payments, or counterfeiting your internet accounts and passwords, or other things you clearly wouldn’t like.

At this point, the need of protection in form of anonymous internet surfing is absolutely rising. When most people use the static IP address, the only way to cloak your surfing is by passing your connection through a proxy server. This works as a relay point, meaning that webmasters and hackers will see your IP address as the proxy server’s address, masking your true IP address. Which it will be useless for hackers to attack you as what they thought is you aren’t actually you. It functions as a mirror, to protect by hiding your true address and identity.

Nowadays, there are many website providing free proxy services. They are extremely helpful in your security. As you can pass your connection through their proxy servers, and charged for none. They depend their funding on ads on their website. So when more people use their proxy service, more people will see their ads. Some of them even provide you with data encryption, meaning that any information you send to internet will be encrypted, further defending your safety.

Once you tries to use a proxy server, speed become an important concern. Because when you use one, speed degradation will always occur. You can have 3% slower connection (which you will not recognize the difference); or you can experience 84% slower connection (which you will feel your connection is lost). It depends on many factors. Your and the proxy server’ connections speed play an important role here, so is your locations. Internet/website traffic also affecting the surfing speed experience. There are many proxy servers, but not all of them provide you with a fast traffic. But some of them provide you with incredibly fast connection.

We have collected a list of proxy servers here. Feel free to try one.