Programmer Sets Up Mask for File-Sharers

Dyre Straits · Feb 11, 2004, 07:36 AM

"Wyatt Wasicek was so outraged by the recording industry's legal assault on users of free music-downloading sites that he decided to ride to the rescue. He created a program called AnonX that masks the Internet address of people who use file-sharing programs such as Kazaa.

Available for $5.95 per month, AnonX sets up a virtual private network, or VPN, between a user's computer and the company's computers. The AnonX computers act as proxies, and actually do the Web surfing for the subscriber."

By BRIAN BERGSTEIN, AP Technology Writer

Article here

Source: AP News

Logla · Feb 11, 2004, 08:06 AM

Would this actually work though. surely there is still a trace of the connection from the ISP. And the ISP would have records of which user was assigned to that particular connection.

Feb 11, 2004, 07:36 AM	#1
Dyre Straits HH Old Fuddy Duddy Join Date: May 2002 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 14,201 Rep Power: 216 System Specs	Programmer Sets Up Mask for File-Sharers "Wyatt Wasicek was so outraged by the recording industry's legal assault on users of free music-downloading sites that he decided to ride to the rescue. He created a program called AnonX that masks the Internet address of people who use file-sharing programs such as Kazaa. Available for $5.95 per month, AnonX sets up a virtual private network, or VPN, between a user's computer and the company's computers. The AnonX computers act as proxies, and actually do the Web surfing for the subscriber." By BRIAN BERGSTEIN, AP Technology Writer Article here Source: AP News

Feb 11, 2004, 08:06 AM	#2
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 0	Would this actually work though. surely there is still a trace of the connection from the ISP. And the ISP would have records of which user was assigned to that particular connection.