Tracing IP address help!

[Oreo]

So what if some one gets your IP...they cannot really do anything with it anyway? Law enforcement can, by doing some other things as well. But someone with an IP cannot really do anything to you...especially since many people have dial-up and their IP changes EVERYTIME and others have DSL IP's that change.

[___j0k3r___]

Oreo maybe you dont know but if somebody has your ip they can hijack your ip address or contact your isp and give them your ip to have your internet connection and have the police come after you all they have to do is lie to your isp think before you say people cant do anything with your ip next time

not trying to argue jus think of the things they could do

[hunter3030]

Originally Posted by WhiteMateria

If this guy knows how to obtain your IP address then he probably knows what its use is for. I doubt he will be to suprised if you do figure out his own IP address cause it would hardly suprise me. Many people know how to obtain an IP address but then lack the knowledge of what to do with it. He might even be on a router or remote proxy in which case you would not even get his true IP address. Its best just to ignore him and block this person with your privacy settings.

I am just trying to get a simple password to monitor a friend's email, nothing wrong is going on, but I feel like I'm not being informed or lied too. I just want to know if I'm wasting my time on someone. Could you help? You sound knowledgeable

[Oreo]

Getting a password without someone's knowledge or permission is not acceptable unless it is law enforcement. They do not need to ask such question because they know how to do it already. You have NO RIGHT to monitor your friend's e-mail no matter how much you think you do. It's wrong. If you do it, you could be arrested. Therefore, you will not find that information here because this is not the kind of site to help you break the law. PERIOD.

[branin]

Please email me the repley to this question at branina@yahoo.com thanks.

anyhow, i have a netstat question.
i typed netstat after private messaging a buddy in yahoo. I've noticed several hosts names pop up in the list. How do i know which one is the persons using netstat to find their ip addres? i noticed dos prompt doesn't support DNS lookup to find ip that way. If you can help let me know, i wanna scare some lamer who got my ip address and visualroute his ip to his address to scare him off. thanks.

Originally Posted by freddy

Firewalls do NOT stop people seeing your IP address!

Firewalls block ports to the outside world so to make it look like your PC is not there. (Good ones do, some just close ports and let everyone know you're there, which is not as good)

To stop people finding your IP address, you should run everything through a proxy that doesn't forward your IP, you can find a few free HTTP proxy services, but you would have to pay for these services.

To get a Yahoo! users IP, when you are doing something in p2p mode such as cam, IM or file transfer, open up a command interpreter start, run and command.com(all windows) or cmd(NT,2k,xp) and type netstat to see a list of current connections.

[kron_19792000]

I can not figure out this unholy obession with an ip address it is not like you will get a house address, all you are going to get is the city, that is if you are lucky.
Why dont you try netstat before sending an IM and after sending an IM, that way you will see a new IP add. the new one will be the direct connection you have made.
My best advice would be to put him/her on your ignore list and move on. The ip add. in itself is meaningless

[neo_ny_23]

Originally Posted by ___j0k3r___

Oreo maybe you dont know but if somebody has your ip they can hijack your ip address or contact your isp and give them your ip to have your internet connection and have the police come after you all they have to do is lie to your isp think before you say people cant do anything with your ip next time

not trying to argue jus think of the things they could do

Question 1. How can one hijack your ip address? May be I dont know about it. Can any one enlighten me about it?

Question 2. How can one lie about sum1 else's IP address to the ISP and do something fake? Well, its not possible. ISP people are not dumb enough to entertain requests about the information about personal IP addresses. Secondly, I tried that thing myself last year and got seriously kicked by the ISP people without ne help


The thing which worries me is this: We have a lot of resources on BigBlueBall Forums about how to get IP addresses (offcourse direct and indirect sources), what one can do with those obtained IP addresses, closed and open ports, and their vulnerability and all those security stuff. What alarmed me is some kids on the block are learning those things from BIgBlueBall and then using this knowledge to get the IP address of other innocent people and try to hack their computers and pose serious security threat to them.

The most ironic thing is, one "computer engineer" read my article or reply about Magic PS removal in the forum here, and then used the same technique and some more information to hack one of MY OWN friend. Its absolutely ironic. I am trying to post replies here to help people to overcome their problems and some people are taking those steps and sharpening their hacking skills and posing threat to my own friends.... Now I wonder whether we should make registration compulsory for all guests in order to see our replies.

[mdnky]

Originally Posted by neo_ny_23

Question 1. How can one hijack your ip address? May be I dont know about it. Can any one enlighten me about it?

Question 2. How can one lie about sum1 else's IP address to the ISP and do something fake? Well, its not possible. ISP people are not dumb enough to entertain requests about the information about personal IP addresses. Secondly, I tried that thing myself last year and got seriously kicked by the ISP people without ne help.

What someone can do is report your IP as doing illegal activities. They could say you were distributing child porn, or hitting on young kids in chat rooms, or distributing virii, etc., etc. Most IPs can and will drop you if you're suspected of doing such things (anything illegal)...no 'real' proof is actually required nor do you get a chance to defend yourself. Check your user agreements.

Spoofing an IP is actually pretty easy for someone with the right knowledge and equipment. Why would someone do that? Maybe they want to do something that they don't want their IP associated with.

Having your IP means they *could* get into your computer...especially those with static ones or those on constant connections (DSL/Cable). Just because your IP is dynamic doesn't mean you're safe. The average dynamic IPs for broadband users last between 24 hours and 168 hours (1 week).

If you're on a constant connection, leave your computer on, and run Windows OS...they're already 90% of the way in. What's the chances of them getting the other 10%? Depends...unless they know what they're doing, probably not real good. But the possibility is always there.

[neo_ny_23]

Well, according to ur stats mdnky, my computer is realy vulnerable (i hv broadband, and leave it on most of the time and got a static IP address), but am pretty much confident that no body can ever break into my computer I know what I am doing and whats going on behind the ports Oh yeah. I dont even have a firewall also. But again, let me tell other users that this doesnt mean that you shuld sit quietly and let your computer be hacked or something. So better secure your computer with a good Firewall or Antivirus or Spysweeper.

[reeeeeta]

hi every1 well c i need to find a way to trace ips on MSN coz i really need to know if im talkin to many people or 1 person with different emails and same ip cause 1 of my friends is makin many emails n pretendin to be different ppl so i just wanna trace
her ip to c which 1 is the same....in the same day b4 the ip changes...need sum1 help plzzzz...
thx for reading ,plzz respond if u got some help for me