A Guide on Protecting Your IP with Proxy

Below you will find another simple way to hide your IP address from anyone and thereby protect your P2P downloads from the law firms and rights owners.

Today we can see a trend of the copyright holders centraliz??? attempts of targeting BitTorrent file-sharers for unauthorized sharing of copyrighted content, particularly if we recall the recent effort of targeting thousands users within a mass lawsuit. If you don’t want to become the next target, it is highly recommended for you to safeguard your IP address against any of the unwanted attention, including the prying eyes of copyright owners. Although consumer groups like the EFF are doing their best to protect those accused, it’s better to make both your and their lives easier from the very beginning.

What people usually do today to protect themselves from troubles is using VPNs and Tor routers, though the latter is actually designed for web browsing rather than peer-to-peer, because in this case the data consumption rates reduce the connection speeds for other users.

However, there exist another simple and convenient way to protect yourself. It is the use of proxy, which will also allow you to hide your IP address while downloading illegal content with networks like BitTorrent.

It’s not hard to explain how it works, because it’s fairly simple. Even the newcomers to this digital world will understand a few easy steps they need to take.

First of all, you need to find a proxy server address. Just search the web for the lists of those, there are a lot. However, note that some of them are free, while some demand for a modest monthly fee.

Then launch the BitTorrent client you use for downloading and find the tab “connections” somewhere in preferences. For example, in uTorrent you go to options > preferences > connection.

There you need to type in the proxy server address you’ve found on the first step. First select “HTTP” from the drop down menu box located under “Proxy Server” line, then type in the IP address of the proxy server you want to use where it says “Proxy.” Bring your attention to the last 4 digits after the semicolon – they correspond to the port, which you need to enter in the “Port” option. For instance, you might have selected 192.168.135.54:8080.

That’s about it. Just click “OK” at the bottom of the window and your proxy preferences are configured. You can now sleep peacefully and be sure you won’t find yourself among those lists that are now submitted to ISPs in order to reveal the real identities of the infringers.