Any techie people want to do me a huge favor????

[pinkmandy]

I'm admin on another board and I'm very suspicious of a new member who wants to join. It's just a mommy board, no biggie, but there are some flags going up. I have an ip and can't find anything- anyone here want to track down some info on this person for me so I can figure out who the hell she is? I can't pay you but I can give you a ton of cyber hugs!!!! If you can do it, please let me know.

 

[FindLiberty]

I think a PI/PC license is now required before going ahead with this info investigation... or does it just apply to internal hard drive within PCs?

 

[pinkmandy]

I think a PI/PC license is now required before going ahead with this info investigation... or does it just apply to internal hard drive within PCs?

Interesting. I used to be able to search an IP now there are no results so that must be why. I have no idea how to find out who this person is and I'm convinced that he/she/it is lying. I have email and ip. No info on either.

 

[RickyJ]

An IP alone will not tell you for sure who the person is. If they are using a proxy server then you will only get the IP of their proxy. If you don't want to let a person on your forum, then don't, it's just that simple.

 

[Sally08]

Try arin.net for IP searches

http://www.arin.net/index.shtml

Enter the IP in the Search Whois box in the upper right column. If you select the Search button with no IP entered, a page with general information displays.

It's probably not enough for your purposes, but it would give their ISP name (and country?) or their own server like RB.

I routinely use this to determine when vendors for "American" companies are actually working in foreign countries and using a U.S. phone exchange for a foreign call center.

It also indicates the hosting company (per the NameServers) - if the poster violates that company's Terms of Service, a complaint to them makes a point, as well.

Per my subscription e-mails - Received: from host.ronpaulforums.com (host.ronpaulforums.com [67.225.158.146]) Two other IP addresses in the e-mails related to BlackHole, presumably spam filtering.

I do notice that the IP address of my network card in my modem seems to be captured by online registrations, so that may be more of a unique identifier (particularly in the event of illegal activity/police investigations) than my Yahoo/Gmail IPs.

NOTE: That also means you can identify the same person using multiple UserIds to bypass a prior banning.

Big brother at work

 

[RickyJ]

I do notice that the IP address of my network card in my modem seems to be captured by online registrations, so that may be more of a unique identifier (particularly in the event of illegal activity/police investigations) than my Yahoo/Gmail IPs.

If it is the Media Access Control address it shouldn't be. If it is then it's software on your computer that is sending it out.

 

[Sally08]

It shouldn't be. If it is then it's software on your computer that is sending it out.

I assume so, based on the home networking setup. I assume corporate e-mails capture a specific network computer ID, as well, for "our safety" in identifying sources of malware.

Was it an RPFs thread that discussed problems with e-mail rejections because Hotmail does *not* (did not?) populate the IP field from the person's paid ISP?

Obviously, the privacy/tracking issue is that a unique ID for each computer exists, so the anonymous services may be of some value.