[devil]

I`ve been reading a lot on the internet about hiding ip address and all the different programs that are out there for this. Some sites say they will change your ip address and some say that they will divert your traffic through a server in a different country.
What i`m wondering is, is there actual sense in all this and do these programs work and if they do work how do you actually know that they`re working?
Does anyone actually use these?
Any insight into this would be much appreciated, thanks.

[dannyn]

Well I do not see why you would want to do this, but yes they work.
You could do this by using a proxy server.

[Elvandil]

Unless you pay for "re-routing", you will have painfully slow connections. The only real way to change an IP is to re-route it through a server. You can't cahnge the IP of your connection because it is assigned by your ISP.

But since there is rarely any legal purpose to be served by doing this, I think this thread has seen enough exposure.