I want to learn how i can shield my IP from appearing to outside world (ISP Logs and all that). There are a few software that does the trick in windows like FREEDOM and others. I have used it and yes it does what i want. I want to do the same thing in LINUX and that to myself. I tried changing my proxy server to an anonymous and free proxy server in the net which use https instead of the general but it is not enough. since, every connection made to this proxy server shows up in logs (yes i have checked it myself, since i have access to them: you see its not a question of doing the wrong thing, rather it's a question of learning and utilizing that knowledge to stop wrong things.)

Be a man, not a mouse.

How is it theoretically possible to stop your IP address from showing up in either the web server's or the proxy server's logs? It certainly seems impossible to stop your ISP from getting your IP address; they are giving it to you in the first place and they are the first stop for all your traffic!

we have a pool of IP. having said that, have you ever used jap or freedom for windows. use it in your machine. open a website and then check your squid or whatever it maybe logs. I think you will understand. what you see is complete anonymity not a single trace. I am amazed.

anonymity from what end? the web server, or some logger on your computer?

I don't understand how a pool of IP addresses will stop them from showing up in server/proxy/isp logs. I have never used jap or freedom.

Read the Tor FAQ http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ

its not like that!
actually the anonymous service softwares (like jap..) use a different proxy server than your local proxy server and by this process they completely bypass your local proxy server hence no information about any connection ever shows up in the proxy logs. thats anonymity.

sure buddy! whatever u say!

[...] how do u remain anonymous from yourself? i mean anonymity from the outside where the outside is your organization's system admin, your ISP and all others in the internet. you somehow completely bypass your organization's proxy logs and [...]

From the Tor overview (at tor.eff.org/overview):
But I guess the web server still won't have your IP address, although it will show up in the (first) Tor server, if I understood the Tor wiki entry and overview correctly. Thanks for the pointer.

now i understand this is not an easy issue. will have to use a third party proxy server if anybody has to completely and anonymously bypass his resident proxy. though the ssh tunneling ( or shunneling) idea seems to be cool and works well, you need a live internet connection at the other end but hey the method is super cool. third party tools also do the same thing they configure your browser to use their proxy instead of the resident proxy. their speed is very slow since they bounce your packet over many hops before landing it in your eth and vice versa and its damn frustrating. so the whole idea sums up like this. people in an organization can use these third party tools to bypass their organization firewall or proxy but won't get the speed they get using the default. there is no indirect way of stopping this kind of tunneling (yes i can configure my iptables to reject or drop these proxy addresses but the question is how many?--there are thousands of free proxies round the globe).
i guess somebody needs to invent something!

How did you do this? You didnt use Tor?

ok i am kinda late! but i have some good news.
the softwares' i was talking about earlier are worthless in the sense they don't provide you with the speed you are entitled to. i mean if you are in a dsl connection then you will get the dial-up speed if you use those softwares. i have a better solutions he he.
all around the globe there are free-proxy servers you can use. some of them are test purpose proxy machines, some are general isp proxy servers and some are from the organizations whose sysadmin's are pretty lazy fellows to even bother dropping outgoing packets that donot belong to their domain. now coming to terms, there are various types of proxy servers'. there are anonymous proxy-servers and blah blah proxy servers and there are ELITE proxy-servers. you will need the ELITE proxy servers to do the job (coz they use https instead of the more regular http connections) i was thinking about. you just configure your browser to use these proxy servers instead of the default provided to you. firefox even got a cool extension that lets you switch between different proxy servers. get your hands on three or more of these elite proxy-server addresses and you are on the go! next time you use your browser to open a website, your sysadmin won't know where you are going. they can block whatever they want in their squid, firewall or whatever they use. you are one happy fellow for whom these restriction don't apply. the theory behind this is like this-> every web request you make must first make it to a proxy server right? now with you default configuration, your browser asks your organizations own proxy server to deliver the content to you right? but your organizations' proxy is configured to block or drop packets that are heading for some particular servers' right? they exercise their control this way right? now, what if your browser doesn't make this request to your default (your own organizatios') proxy instead your browser directly connects to some distant unknown proxy server that even hides your ip from showing up in places where it by default should. he he. lastly, you can use it from any distro you want, its completely platform independent and you can remain anonymous from the sites you visit (no ip tracing, no referrals), your own sysadmin (i am so f*ked up thinking my own colleagues could use this against me) and every other people you care to ditch. my friend that's the anonymity i was talking about.

and to abefroman:
no i didn't!

prozac,
Is it possible to block outbound traffic by port? Open only those ports you allow (say 8189 for your proxy server). Then no matter what port they configure their browser to point to for a proxy, it will be blocked and only access from your proxy server is allowed out.