5.12 Can I make libcurl fake or hide my real IP address?

Updated: April 5, 2005 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html)

Updated: April 11, 2005 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html)

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  5.9 How does libcurl resolve host names?

  5.10 How do I prevent libcurl from writing the response to stdout?

  5.11 How do I make libcurl not receive the whole HTTP response?

  5.12 Can I make libcurl fake or hide my real IP address?

 6. License Issues

  6.1 I have a GPL program, can I use the libcurl library?

  You make the write callback (or progress callback) return an error and

  libcurl will then abort the transfer.

  5.12 Can I make libcurl fake or hide my real IP address?

  No. libcurl operates on a higher level than so. Besides, faking IP address

  would imply sending IP packages with a made-up source address, and then you

  normally get a problem with intercepting the packages sent back as they

  would then not be routed to you!

  If you use a proxy to access remote sites, the sites will not see your local

  IP address but instead the address of the proxy.

  Also note that on many networks NATs or other IP-munging techniques are used

  that makes you see and use a different IP address locally than what the

  remote server will see you coming from.

6. License Issues