Re: A little of topic: security and anonymity question
Hi.
On Thu, 4 Jun 2015 15:37:12 -0400
German <gentgerman@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I had some discussion on some message board. After a while I got
> > > > banned for no obvious reason. So I have decided to create another
> > > > account with a free proxy, cleaned my cookies and continue to do
> > > > some conversations with a members with which I have enjoyed
> > > > talking. I successfully created account with web proxy, could
> > > > logging in, but can't post on the message board. The message I
> > > > got was that I am not permitted to post. So, I believe that the
> > > > server can identify me somehow. Any ideas what can be done in
> > > > this situation so I can post? Thank so much for all of your
> > > > insights.
> > >
> > > It's not impossible that they detected the proxy and won't allow
> > > postings from it.
> >
> > Or it's possible that the proxy in question sends that funny
> > X-Forwarded-For HTTP header which contains the original IP *and* the
> > message board checks it too.
>
> I still think that it is nothing to do with proxies. Might that be that
> my computer name is filtered or as I said earlier the whole linux
> system is subject to filtering?
It's possible. Every time you use a browser you're telling everyone
interested that you're using Linux. It's a part of User-Agent string.
And it's easy to change (using privoxy on your own PC) regardless of
the browser you're using.
Reco
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