faithie270 Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 I couldn't find any suitable category.. so here it goes.I've been using utorrent for a few months and I've noticed there are some users who use proxies to mask their IPs. I'm trying to use a proxy but I couldn't find any options in the preferences so can someone point me in the right direction? Any help is appreciated. Thanks alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Theres settings for proxies in Preferences, look deeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faithie270 Posted June 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Oh, found it! But I have no idea how to configure one. Can you please give me some instructions? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Free proxies won't do you any good. Only a paid one will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bananarun Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Why won't free ones be as good as a paid one? I'm sure a paid one is much faster but I dont see how a foreign proxy server that is anonymous isnt any good.Anyway, I thought proxies were safe only if you used along with tunneling software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 There is no "SAFE"... think about it this way... who's likely to have more customers and be located in a country where they cover customer/consumer privacy. All a proxy does is show your IP as that bouncer, instead of your ACTUAL IP you see @ say http://canyouseeme.orgGenerally speaking, "free" proxies are subsidized by monetary income from alternate sources maybe a "paid" tier or advertising. However what Firon is talking about "you get what you pay for"... free generally would mean you don't get guaranteed uptime and the speeds aren't likely to ensure your full up/down-loading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Well, typical open proxies are just hacked/misconfigured PCs, so they're very slow and unreliable. The few that are legit generally won't give you more than 1-2 kB/s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bananarun Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 hrmm. I see. I dont know, it doesnt seem like paid proxy service is that anonymous. I did some reading and it looks like a tunnel to a vpn is the only option to not get the isp in trouble. I was thinking of getting a paid proxy from a chinese company, but not sure now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 Well, relakks is fairly anonymous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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