Which term refers to an intermediary server placed between the user and a website to browse anonymously and protect privacy?

• A. IP Address Decoy
• B. IP Address Spoofing
• C. Direct TTL Probes
• D. Anonymizers

Answer: (D)

An anonymizer is an intermediary server placed between you and the website to browse anonymously and protect privacy. By routing traffic through this server, the target site sees only the anonymizer’s IP address, not yours, helping hide your actual identity and location. The anonymizer forwards your requests and relays responses, often stripping or concealing headers that could reveal who you are. This setup is what enables anonymous browsing, unlike IP address spoofing, which forges the source address on packets without using a middleman, and is not a dedicated privacy relay; direct TTL probes are network scanning techniques unrelated to anonymizing web traffic.