-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:15:30 +0100 > Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Celejar wrote: >>> On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:54:29 +0100 >>> Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> [snip] >>> >>>> Personally, I've found that some websites will block me because of my >>>> location, and that's something I cannot change. Unfortunately my ISP >>>> identifies me as being here. Perhaps I need to look into anonymizers. >>>> >>>> I imagine people in some other countries (China perhaps) have the same >>>> problem with a lot more sites than I do. >>> tor (The Onion Router).
>> That is one solution. There are also privoxy and tsocks or a >> combination of all three. Ran across that info today while I was >> searching for a solution to my problem. > > Privoxy on a local system can't possibly mask your location. The tor > people recommend using tor with privoxy to mask other things. The site that I ran into mentions all three in combination as the best way and even shows the config files one needs. I haven't tried any this yet, so perhaps tor alone is enough. Perhaps, if you have the time, you could take a look at this and see what you think. http://sidux.com/index.php?module=pnWikka&tag=NetzwerkTorPrivoxyInstallEN I'll try it tomorrow most likely. I am curious if it will let me watch some content limited to residents of the US and Canada. I am not optimistic, and should probably spend my time doing more constructive things than watching tv, even if it is on my computer. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGAZiCiXBCVWpc5J4RAlgUAJ44KG3TRDaJ8sgS/IKXrZWW+kMRygCeJCWL d6o/sOd9dLUJlfQvmcbE810= =JtXB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]