Archive for September, 2011

Most of the websites that you visit use cookies to store your login information and other information that could be used in shopping carts and other preferences. This is just a text file that can be read by the web application that is using it. Each and every website will have its own cookies information. You can find such cookies in your ‘temporary internet files’ folder in your system. If you are using Internet Explorer, then you can enable cookies by going to the Tools menu and selecting the ‘internet options’. In that you can find a ‘privacy’ tab. Click that tab. In the privacy tab you will have a slider to select how you want the browser to handle cookies, if you having the latest version of internet explorer. You can also use the ‘advanced’ button to customize the options on which sites could use cookies on your computer. By the using the Edit menu and the Preferences option, Receiving files, and Cookies, you can also delete the cookies available in your system.

Technorati Tags: Cache, Temporary Files, Download, Authorization

Any computer that is connected to the internet is assigned an unique number which identifies that computer. This unique number that identifies your system is called the IP address. Once you are connected to the internet you will be assigned that number by your service provider. This IP address could be a static IP address or a dynamic IP address. It is necessary to know this IP address to run some services in your computer or use some software application that allow remote access to your computer. There are many websites that help you in finding the IP address of your system. You could try websites like whatismyipaddress.com, myipaddress.com/show-my-ip-address/, and ip-address.com to find out your IP address. These sites also give you the location from where you are connected to the internet. It is also possible to hide your IP address so that you can browse anonymously. For this you have to use a proxy server or using packages like Anonymizer, NetConceal, and Proxify.

Technorati Tags: Server, Gateway, IP Address