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Posted by Benjamin Niemann on 09/07/05 01:41
osfwofujro wrote:
> Yes, my issue was as followed: I used proxies to connect to a site, thus
> hiding my IP. Without noticing, since I was using Firefox, one of the
> windows (open in a new window) was still open when I closed the proxy
> program and changed the browser to "directly connect". I did not
> connect the the site again, but simply closed the browser window for
> that site. I was wondering, since there was no connection to the site,
> and the site does not automatically refresh, if the site could grab my
> IP. I had not heard of the keep alive technique, but it would appear,
> that because the specific connection was broken when the proxy chain was
> closed, that the site could not have grabbed my IP. I take it this is
> correct and thank you, once again, for your informative responses.
You should be save for 99.999999%. There is the very small possibility that
the document in the window constantly 'pinged' the server using JavaScript
without any visual change (like refreshing). But I doubt that even the most
evil webmaster would make this effort just to catch one additional IP every
5000 years...
> Incidenatlly, in FF options I can not see an option not to use keep
> alive technique.
IIRC, it's hidden in the config file that you have to edit manually.
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Benjamin Niemann
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