The Internet Protocol (IP) is the method or protocol by which data is sent from one computer to another on the Internet. Each computer (known as a host) on the Internet has at least one address that uniquely identifies it from all other computers on the Internet. This helps people identify who the others are. Your home address can even be found from IP if you provide the IP address and the time to the ISP of the person (or owner of the IP). Making yourself anonymous is an advanced operation of being a hacker. If you are the one whom tried to be hacked, you need to hide your IP as much as you can. There are some remote administration tools and exploits that need your IP to connect to your computer. Hiding your IP is nearly impossible, but you can decrease the chance of being hacked dramatically.

Ways to hide your IP for Dynamic IP owners:

If your IP changes every time you dial-up to the service, you have a dynamic IP.

• Write your e-mails offline then connect to the Internet and send them all at once. Disconnect and reconnect after sending e-mails. This will make your current IP different than the IP you had while sending e-mails. This will save you from being hacked easily.

• Avoid using applications that give out your IP to others. All IRC (Internet Relay Chat) applications, popular ICQ, EGN, etc. provide others your IP. America Online Instant Messenger and Yahoo Pager do not give your IP to others.

Remailers:

An Anonymous Remailer is a company, organization or private party that has configured their computer to receive a properly formatted e-mail message from one party (you), then re-address it and send it to a second party (the person you want to send it to). In the process, they remove any headers that might point back to you. When the second party receives the message, it say's that it was sent from an anonymous source (usually giving the remailers return address). Anonymous Remailers offer numerous features, such as time delays and being able to receive the re-send PGP encrypted messages.

To send an anonymous message, address the TO: box in your e-mail program to one of the following Remailers: (these are the popular ones)

remailer@replay.com

hfinney@shell.portal.com

remailer@alpha.c2.org

Fill in the subject line any way you like (some remailers remove the subject line). In the body of the message, place two colons (::) side-by side on the first line, all the way to the left. On the very next line, type in the phrase (this is who you want the mail to go to):

Request-Remailing-To: whoever@where-ever.com

Be sure that the "R" in Request & Remailing and the "T" in To are UPPER CASE (capitalized). Be sure that you put a hyphen between the words, as shown. Be sure to put a colon after the word "To:" Be sure to leave a space after the colon before entering an e-mail address. Now, skip a line and start typing your message that you want the person to receive. You can also attach a file, if your e-mailer will allow it. Your message body should look like this:

::

Request-Remailing-To: whoever@aol.com

(This is where the message goes)