On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 09:15:17 +0300, Lance Delacroix
<lance_delacroix@fastmail.fm> wrote:

>On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 22:22:15 GMT, DragonRider <NoSpam@NoJunkAtAll.com>
>prounounced a fatwah thus:
>
>>On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 20:15:00 +0300, Lance Delacroix
>><lance_delacroix@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 15:05:50 GMT, DragonRider <NoSpam@NoJunkAtAll.com>
>>>prounounced a fatwah thus:
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 14:14:00 +0300, Lance Delacroix
>>>><lance_delacroix@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 08:05:40 GMT, DragonRider <NoSpam@NoJunkAtAll.com>
>>>>>prounounced a fatwah thus:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On 29 Jun 2003 00:01:07 -0700, yosponge@yahoo.com (sponge) wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 21:42:19 -0400, DragonRider
>>>>>>><NoSpam@NoJunkAtAll.com> wrote:
>>
>>>If you are downloading files, you are most certainly receiving (and

[snip]

>>>What is this program that you think is "spoofing" your IP? It is not
>>>doing what you think it's doing.
>>
>>Stealther v2.7
>
>Okay, I get it. No ****ing way are you truly hidden. You are
>relaying through proxy servers, so your IP is hidden from the server
>that contains the web page you are viewing (and from all but the first
>server in the relay chain). GRC.com can't find you because it
>attempts to contact you *directly*, and it can't. Each proxy server
>in the chain knows where the next one and the previous one are; they
>relay data back to you just as they relay your requests out. This
>setup makes you "anonymous" in the sense that you cannot be *easily*
>and routinely traced. This does enhance your security to a certain
>extent, no doubt about it, but there is a record of every interaction
>between every pair of computers in the chain, and the trail leads back
>to you. Don't send out any death threats. :-)) Also, if grc.com
>can't find you, saying that you are "stealthed" (in the sense that
>your ports are closed) is misleading.

Hmmm, makes sense. A friend recommended this method as a way to not
let nasty webpages track me, but this isn't the solution (and I'll
tell him).

Well, but what can a person do? A firewall doesn't do this, just
stops people from, supposedly, get into your system.

Thanks for all the info. Much appreciated.