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Posted by Neves   USA  (78 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Wed 11 Apr 2007 05:11 PM (UTC)
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I've been told it is possible to disguise, change or hide your IP address but have been unable to locate a way, anyone able to suggest one or even a few?

Thanks,
Mark
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Posted by Zeno   USA  (2,871 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Reply #1 on Wed 11 Apr 2007 05:19 PM (UTC)
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The server IP address? Or your own IP when playing a MUD
Zeno McDohl,
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Posted by David Haley   USA  (3,881 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Reply #2 on Wed 11 Apr 2007 09:54 PM (UTC)
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You are probably referring to IP spoofing, but I'm not terribly interested in saying more about it, because most of the time it is used for somewhat unsavory purposes...
David Haley aka Ksilyan
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Legends of the Darkstone

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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (22,990 posts)  [Biography] bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #3 on Wed 11 Apr 2007 10:08 PM (UTC)
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We can perhaps mention proxy servers, as that is supported by MUSHclient.
- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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Posted by Neves   USA  (78 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Reply #4 on Fri 13 Apr 2007 07:31 PM (UTC)
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Not sure what proxy or IP spoofing is, I'm trying to find out if there are limited ways or anyone can just fake their IP as a random number for connecting issues.

-Jay
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (22,990 posts)  [Biography] bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #5 on Fri 13 Apr 2007 10:15 PM (UTC)
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No, not with that purpose. It is possible to put a "spoofed packet" on the Internet, but that is primarily done as part of a denial-of-service attack.

You can't connect to a MUD with a spoofed address, because the messages from the MUD need to go back to a genuine PC.

However if you have a "bad player" they might find a proxy server, which effectively is a middleman, and come into the MUD from that.

It is like sending a letter to your aunt, with instructions to forward it on to someone, to disguise where the letter is really being posted from.
- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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