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How do I host a website for the public, but cannot be traced back to a single IP address?

I was thinking that if there was such a system like this, it would be possible for websites like Wikileaks to not be shutdown.

I took a look at I2P but it seems like it requires people to install a big fat Java client to visit websites on the network.

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You could use Freenet, althought that is not exactly a normal website.

Also, there is Tor, but I think that is just for anonymous browsing, not hosting.

The problem is that this is just not possible on the Internet as it is. For somebody to access a website, they have to know the IP address. Freenet and I2P fix this problem, but there is no way you can do this on the standard Internet.

Zifre
Tor actually does support hosting, although you have to keep your server and Tor running for the site to be accessible. See: http://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-hidden-service.html
Greg Hewgill
Tor has sort of the same problem as Freenet and I2P. It requires the user to install something to use it.
Zifre
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Phishing regularly does this. They form a botnet of hundreds or thousands of PCs, put a tiny webserver on each one, and then send out emails to people referencing different infected computers (sometimes a round-robin DNS which is rapidly changed is used).

In this way there's no single server, host, or IP to shut them down.

Adam Davis
Well yes that does work. But I am not interested in hacking into other people's computers to form a bot net.
Unknown
Nor should you be. But they are doing exactly what you need. So in order to accomplish your specific goal, but in a legal way, you need to have many, many webservers across the internet. You might be able to get individuals to volunteer their computers, but if not you can simply get hosting offshore with many different hosting centers. There are ways to get hosting without having it tie back to you.
Adam Davis