NAT

[Alven]

I need some help to secure my connection and hide my real IP when I upload
or using my web cpanel and when I send any email too.
So shall I use NAT is it more secure to do that or is there any other way.
Thanks in advance

 

[Leythos]

I need some help to secure my connection and hide my real IP when I upload
or using my web cpanel and when I send any email too.
So shall I use NAT is it more secure to do that or is there any other way.
Thanks in advance

If you're not doing anything unethical or illegal then you don't need to
hide your IP address.

Your public IP address can't be hidden, something always knows your
public address, be it a web server, Proxy server, FTP, etc.....

You have nothing to fear except breaking laws or TOS agreements.

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Leythos
- Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
- Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
(e-mail address removed) (remove 999 for proper email address)

 

[Alven]

All what I need Leythos is to hide my IP from hackers.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I need some help to secure my connection and hide my real IP when
I upload
or using my web cpanel and when I send any email too.
So shall I use NAT is it more secure to do that or is there any
other way.

If you're not doing anything unethical or illegal then you don't
need to hide your IP address.

Your public IP address can't be hidden, something always knows your
public address, be it a web server, Proxy server, FTP, etc.....

You have nothing to fear except breaking laws or TOS agreements.

All what I need Leythos is to hide my IP from hackers.

As Leythos pointed out - something knows your IP.

What you may be trying to get at and phrasing not so well is that you want
to be as well protected from hackers as possible, within reason and your
capabilities. Here is what I suggest for most home users with high-speed
internet.

1) Invest in a decent wired/wireless router device that will provide NAT for
your machines behind it. Change its passwords, keep remote management OFF
unless you need it, etc. Understand it. (RTFM)

2) If running a Windows XP or later system - use the built-in firewall or,
if you are really cautious/paranoid - some third party software firewall.

3) Use computing common sense.

Not only will you not be hiding your IP - that would do you no good anyway.
Security by Obscurity will prevent nothing.

 

[Leythos]

All what I need Leythos is to hide my IP from hackers.

You can't really do that.

Unless you upload files or surf through a proxy, and god only knows what
you are exposing to the proxy, there is no real means to hide your IP.

You need to understand that you don't need to HIDE your IP from hackers,
they don't care what YOUR ip is, only that they scan the net looking for
unsecured systems to use/compromise.

If you are secured then you don't need to worry - unless you're doing
something bad.

So, a simple NAT router, while still shows your PUBLIC IP, may hide your
internal IP, but it doesn't really hide you, it just blocks unsolicited
traffic from reaching you.

So, don't worry, unless you have people hunting you or you're breaking
the law, you don't need to hide your IP.

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Leythos
- Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
- Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
(e-mail address removed) (remove 999 for proper email address)