Pros and cons of being anonymous in Internet

In these days, many people wants to be anonymous in Internet. It could have many pros and cons that we will consider in this article. Remember that specific names of computer software, such as programs, systems and routines, should always observer the form used by the manufacturer.

By nature the Internet provides a cloak of anonymity to all who venture in. This is comforting to all participants. Unfortunately this also leads to much more verbal aggression than we would find in real life, but I digress. These are quite easy to use and require nothing on your part besides an active Internet connection. These web anonymizers (like anonymous emails) require you only to enter the URL of the site you wish to visit and give it a click.

Your IP address is hidden and replaced with the IP address of the site’s server. This is a great example of proxy avoidance and will get you onto a blocked website, but only offers minimal, if any, data protection and encryption services. The main purpose of the web-based anonymous proxy is to get on a website such as MySpace, that would normally be blocked by an IT Department. Another downside is that this type of proxy can’t gain access to sites that use Secure Socket Layer or Secure Shell encryption, such as banking sites.

Remember that a computer uses ARPs to find computers on a network by keeping a table of MACs and IP addresses mappings.