Introduction
 Setting up

 Contents
 Questions

Introduction

Multi-user mode allows other people to use your copy of GhostSurf to protect their own privacy. On your computer, GhostSurf acts as a conduit through which information can pass; when you surf the web, your browser gets all its information from GhostSurf. But there's no reason that only the browsers on your computer can connect to GhostSurf; browsers on other computers can connect to your GhostSurf too, and have their personal information expunged.

Setting Up

To set up another computer to use GhostSurf, first put GhostSurf in multi-user mode. This will block you from being able to open the GhostBlock window; because GhostBlock shows all the information that passes through GhostSurf, your using GhostBlock in multi-user mode would be a violation of the other users' privacy. Multi-user mode also turns off packet logging for the same reason.

After you've turned on multi-user mode, open the "About" window (shown below) by choosing "Program info..." from GhostSurf's tray icon menu. The "About" window displays your IP address in the lower-right corner.

Enter your IP address (in the above example, "169.254.221.7"; yours will be different) and GhostSurf's port, 7212, into the browser on the other computer. If your computer has a firewall running on it, make sure you allow communication on port 7212.

If you're using Internet Explorer, you can use the following steps to enter GhostSurf's port and IP address on the second computer. Open Internet Explorer, and choose the "Internet Options" item from the Tools menu. Click on the Connections pane. If items appear in the "Dial-up and Virtual Private Network settings" list, double-click them. In the window that appears, check the "use a proxy server for this connection..." box and enter GhostSurf's IP address and port number in the boxes below. You should do this for all the items in the list. If there are no items, click on the "LAN Settings" button. Check the same "use a proxy server..." box and enter GhostSurf's info below. When you wish to stop using GhostSurf, you can uncheck those boxes.

Once this is done, the remote browser will run all its communication through GhostSurf on your computer. Your settings (anonymous hubs, GhostBlock) will apply to all users. If you wish to change your GhostBlock settings, you'll have to leave multi-user mode and then re-enter when you're done changing them.