How MUCH INFO Obtained From IP?
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Choronzon
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- Apr 20, 2008
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Not much but if you are naughty they can use your IP to get your details from your ISP. If you want to trace someone from just an IP you gotta go checking ports and stuff.
mattstrike
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If you get someone's actual IP, you can typically get the following information:
There might be other things that you could extract, by combining information about their browser, etc.
Also, it is possible that those IP addresses could be searched in other ways, and matched up against various databases, to extract other, less obvious information.
None of those things are guaranteed accurate, but, in general, that is what you can get.
- Who their service provider is.
- What type of connection they have (Cable, DSL, t1, etc.)
- Approximately where they are (to different degrees of accuracy depending on access type)
- The company they are with (if accessed from a corporate account)
There might be other things that you could extract, by combining information about their browser, etc.
Also, it is possible that those IP addresses could be searched in other ways, and matched up against various databases, to extract other, less obvious information.
None of those things are guaranteed accurate, but, in general, that is what you can get.
scubaslick
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Without looking too hard they can really only find out the geographic location of the server you passed through and the host/datacenter of the server. With more digging they can find out where the requests came from, which leads back to your ISP (or the one you connected through anyway).
If you're connecting through ANYTHING with your name on it, at any point in the process, they can eventually find you. This includes a warranty registration linking to the MAC address of the laptop you bought at Circuit City and used at Starbucks.
But you'd have to be doing some pretty heavy shit for them to look that hard.
best thing to do is not do anything that will cause that kind of scrutiny.
If you're connecting through ANYTHING with your name on it, at any point in the process, they can eventually find you. This includes a warranty registration linking to the MAC address of the laptop you bought at Circuit City and used at Starbucks.
But you'd have to be doing some pretty heavy shit for them to look that hard.
best thing to do is not do anything that will cause that kind of scrutiny.
Whisker
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The whois data of the server can be obtained by ip. Complaints would go to the server host info first, then usually are rerouted to you. I know because I've had it happen. One could potentially dig up domains on that specific ip and then find names and addresses on the public whois records. That's how I would do it anyway. 
Use proxies where you can. You'd be surprised at what a combo of simple whois query and tamper data can yield.
Use proxies where you can. You'd be surprised at what a combo of simple whois query and tamper data can yield.
mattstrike
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Yeah, for most things, a single proxy will be enough to confound any attempt to learn anything about you (although if you use the same proxy to open multiple accounts somewhere, and then those accounts work together in some way, they might still all get banned).
xhanuman
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birdjuice
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If you're ever busted for IP based shit, just play dumb. If your ISP calls, it's pretty simple to do. Just act like you have no idea what they're talking about. IE, your wireless router got hacked or some shit.
Do not volunteer any information. If the cops are calling, it's a completely different story.
Do not volunteer any information. If the cops are calling, it's a completely different story.
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