Redirecting my Net

[MacMax]

Hello, i am looking for a way to bounce my internet through someone else's internet in another country i believe its called redirecting it. My friend who has a windows bounces his through Nigeria and USA. He thinks that you can't do it on a mac so thats why i'm asking here to prove him wrong!!!


Thanks Max

 

[chscag]

There are several Windows programs available which supposedly will "spoof" your IP address or as you say, re-direct your access from another location. Don't rely on them though - authorities can easily "see" through them and locate the original sender.

So to answer your question, no, I don't know of any OS X program which can do the same thing and even if there were one, it probably wouldn't work to keep your surfing IP address hidden.

Regards.

 

[Eric559]

It's called a proxy server. OS X can easily be set up be run with a proxy server via Safari. There is also a great open source program called Tor which allows you to mask your IP.

Tor: anonymity online

public proxy servers - Google Search

 

[chscag]

Neither of those are "fool proof". Be especially aware of the warnings that are given by Tor. If you're into doing something on the net that is shady, they (meaning the authorities) can and will locate you regardless of IP address spoofing.

Regards.

 

[Eric559]

Neither of those are "fool proof". Be especially aware of the warnings that are given by Tor. If you're into doing something on the net that is shady, they (meaning the authorities) can and will locate you regardless of IP address spoofing.

Regards.

Oh of course.

The OP asked for how to mask (or "redirect") their traffic and that's what a proxy server basically does. The OP never really asked to do shady stuff and that's not the only reason proxys are used.

Not going to get into discussion about illegal activity but using a proxy in North Korea or China where logs are more likely to be unkept and even if they were a Subpoena authorities would have a harder time getting requested information.