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Rob Beard wrote: > Simon Robert wrote: > >> I want to fake an IP address to make it look like I'm located in North >> America. This is because I have a sony ebook reader and the sony ebook >> shop is for America only, us Brits have to use Waterstones which has a >> lot less titles and a pretty crap site (easy to end up ordering a real >> book by mistake). >> >> Of course this involves windows only software, adobe for waterstones and >> a custom thing for sony. So I have windows 7 running on virtual box for >> this. Is it possible to have the virtual machine spoof an IP address? >> Then I'd be able to buy titles from the Sony shop. >> Thanks >> >> Simon >> >> www.oldhouse-cottage.co.uk >> >> >> > Nearest thing I can think of is using a US proxy which will make your > connection look like it's coming from the states. Not managed to get it > working myself (I was unable to find a proxy) but I believe it can be > done with an open proxy. I presume that the software which you have to > use in Windows will either have an option to specify a proxy in it, or > it'll use the Internet Explorer proxy settings. > > Rob > > You will have to use an anonymous proxy , any other will send a " proxied for " message that will still give away your true location. A lil bit of Google tickling produced this for a list of proxies http://www.samair.ru/proxy/ Steph -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html