Oakland, Calif. -- The seemingly boundless Internet is running out of a key resource: new IP addresses. IP addresses, which are somewhat like telephone numbers, allow machines in homes and offices to ...

With someone's IP address, you can learn a user's general location, and disable some parts of their internet browsing ...

The Windows Hosts file is a text file that contains Internet Protocol addresses and their domain hostnames. Similar to an address or telephone book, Windows refers to the Hosts file before it checks ...

When you change your IP address, you’re telling websites that you’re visiting from another place. If the websites you’re ...

Changing your IP address or using proxy servers to access public websites you've been forbidden to visit is a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a judge ruled Friday in a case ...

IP whitelisting involves creating a list of safe and trusted IP addresses and allowing no one but their access to resources on a given network, application, or system that the administrator wants to ...

Want to get an IP address in Brazil? In this guide, we explain how to access Brazilian internet services privately and watch Brazilian TV streams from abroad with a VPN. A VPN can allow you to connect ...

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So what happens if you have a dynamic IP address? Say one day you get on a site, do something then get off for the day. That site IP bans you, the next day you get on that site again with a new IP ...