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Software demos and changing proxies???

  • 24-03-2011 6:07pm
    #1
    InisMor
    Registered Users Posts: 358 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Not sure if this is the right section for this question, but I couldn't find any other more closely related to the subject.

    I used 4OD recently to catch up on a few missed programmes - just by chance I discovered that it wasn't restricted to the UK.

    I also discovered that it is possible to access the BBC iPlayer by using a UK Proxy.

    Now before anyone has a canary I have no interest in doing this - I just want to understand it.

    Can somebody explain how something like that works and does it leave your computer vulnerable?

    And if you use a software demo, what is it that prevents you from successfully reinstalling the demo again?

    I'm just trying to learn more about these things, but I need it explained to me very simply.

    Cheers


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  • #2
    practice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭practice


    "And if you use a software demo, what is it that prevents you from successfully reinstalling the demo again?"

    When you install the Demo an entry is made in the registry and this will stop the reinstall. (I am assuming its time limited)
    You could of course reformat but doubt that step would be worth it.

    As for BBC iplayer I just dont know


  • #3
    red menace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭red menace


    InisMor wrote: »
    Hi,

    Not sure if this is the right section for this question, but I couldn't find any other more closely related to the subject.

    I used 4OD recently to catch up on a few missed programmes - just by chance I discovered that it wasn't restricted to the UK.

    I also discovered that it is possible to access the BBC iPlayer by using a UK Proxy.

    Now before anyone has a canary I have no interest in doing this - I just want to understand it.

    Can somebody explain how something like that works and does it leave your computer vulnerable?

    And if you use a software demo, what is it that prevents you from successfully reinstalling the demo again?

    I'm just trying to learn more about these things, but I need it explained to me very simply.

    Cheers

    So if you have a proxy it fools the website at the far end into thinking you have an Ip address in that country

    It basically routes all your traffic through it's server.

    The risk is I wouldn't trust the server to be not sniffing my traffic for passwords or the like
    I would never ever type any usernames/passwords into a browser that is connected to the internet through of these proxies
    For all you know it could be serving you up a fake version of the website you are looking for


  • #4
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,254 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    I use a dedicated browser/proxy setup for BBC iPlayer, and only for that. See my earlier thread


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