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Comment from Morpheus Exegis on 2012-01-04

2012-01-04T22:15:29Z

@Josh using server access logs i can tell ip x.x.x.x visited my site at X day of x month of xxxx at xx:xx:xx and from front page or from their landing page went to page x, y, z and then downloaded x.zip from my server taking xx seconds to download at speed x.x. now if you are a member of my site i know user joshx = ip x.x.x.x and i put the two together. not much but definitely a start. Also not worth anything to anyone except the server maintenance guy who would liek to improve download time or page sizes to efficiently increase traffic / reduce costs.

@C J i would be skeptical probably know your ip because of another site and knew your details from there. there is a whole plethora of ways to track people and trace their ips including scripts that would be able to go through you history in the browser and grab info from previous pages stored in your browser cache. some of these scripts are used by gimmicky sites to show off the authors scripting abilities. while these are impressive there is not much to worry about.

@ Sabrina. adding to what Leo said if you know i am in Canada and the ip address is general that of Ontario and likely i am int he city of Toronto or Municipality of Markham what does that tell you. I just told you that and i will give you my house number 10 . try and figure out where i live or where I am at. Likely only a very few people can find this info and to them your IP is the least important info you have on the net. Facebook and other sources are at least a million times more likely to leak your private lives as your ip is. Also ip's change like mine will by tomorrow and then i might be based out of a different city until i have that ip. Paranoia doesn't help if you want to safeguard your ip anonimize it otherwise best defense is not to call attention to something that just blends in with millions if not billions of others like it.

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Comment from Sabrina on 2011-03-04

2011-03-05T07:01:33Z

Yes your Ip address will be known if you visit a website. For example this site Ip-Details shows your Ip address, country and address.

Knowing your IP address is most definitely not the same as "identifying you". There's little that can be had directly from an IP address, and much of it is wrong. For example in the tool you suggest is places me in California, which is very, very wrong.

05-Mar-2011

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Comment from ITCS on 2011-02-18

2011-02-18T13:31:25Z

You can use TOR to run your browser through proxies or use a web proxy as an alternative (usually slower method)

Regards,

ITC Servers

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Comment from Sara on 2010-07-12

2010-07-12T16:25:09Z

How do you determine an IP address using only a comment that is left on a website?

Unless you're the server owner, you don't. If you are the server owner, you'd look at the server's access logs.

13-Jul-2010

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Comment from C J on 2010-05-03

2010-05-03T20:00:43Z

I found out that someone knew my name just from me visiting their website. How did they do this? Are they doing something illegal? I did not fill out any forms or anything on their site.

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Comment from Josh on 2009-11-21

2009-11-21T23:38:11Z

Great information on here. While I understand from the article that a host can easily identify an IP addresses are easily visible by hosts, I just want to clarify: if I visit a website, will he know that, for example, "someone named Josh XXXX spent 12 minutes reading my blog entry and then downloaded my new song"?

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Comment from bean on 2009-09-29

2009-09-29T21:52:19Z

Someone from within my company has managed to id me via an anonymous site for posting company reviews. Considering all comments are anonymous, is this possible (and if so how) or is this person bluffing? They seem to know my name and exactly which comments I posted.

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Comment from nicole on 2009-06-08

2009-06-09T01:56:34Z

i was acting stupid in a chatroom i got banned and they said they have my ip adress and they might contact my internet provider help will they actually contact

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Comment from Gabriela on 2009-04-05

2009-04-05T07:34:24Z

Hello,
By mistake i completed a questionnaire page before applying for a job on the internet. The questionnaire asked for my basic info name, address, e-mail.. Since then I get over 100 junk e-mails a day. Is there a way to stop this? Also, what would be the easiest way to learn how to create a website, w/e-mail set up etc.? I appreciate your comments.

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Comment from Amy Park on 2009-03-23

2009-03-24T02:04:09Z

Hello Leo,
If I am visiting someone's blog and they have SITEMETER attached to their blog (and lets just say for the sake of my email to you, they have the "advanced sitemeter") are they able to LOCATE ME PERSONALLY through sitemeter..i.e., are they able to find an ISP number and then locate me?

They can get your IP address (as I did with your comment), but as I've said in several articles on the site, you cannot get someone's exact physical location from an IP address.

- Leo
24-Mar-2009

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Comment from Twinkle on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T15:22:14Z

Leo i need ur help, i work in a manufacturing firm. we've a WiFi connection and i used to download chunksof data incl. movies. Now they r astonished of the sudden rise in bill and are trying to trace it out. Is it possible to trace me??

Depends on how technically savvy they are, but in a work environment the answer is almost always: Yes.

- Leo
19-Feb-2009

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Comment from Dawn on 2008-12-27

2008-12-27T22:31:24Z

Can someone watch you online? What I mean is, can a person know when you sign up on a website ex. facebook, myspace ? Every time I sign up for a new account this person has a new profile before I know it. I feel like they are following me. This person has my first name and my email address. How much information can a person get with your first name and email address, especially someone that knows their way around the internet? thanx

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Comment from Kevin on 2008-12-23

2008-12-23T16:05:09Z

can someone identify me from an email address ? I am in the process of utilizing a yahoo address to collect information for a possible lawsuit and am wondering if there are privacy laws that prevent yahoo from releasing/attaching my name to incoming/outgoing mail.
any help would be appreciated.

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Comment from kendra on 2008-06-14

2008-06-14T13:20:15Z

Can a server consistently deletes the IP addresses, thus wiping out any trace of IP addresses that were on the site?

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Comment from kevin on 2008-05-12

2008-05-12T18:37:44Z

i have a question. please email me back . Can the hacker find out all my conversations in msn or yahoo mesneger?, emails passowrds, or sited ive visted. through my IP adres?? thank you. i really need to know

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Comment from otis on 2008-04-14

2008-04-15T04:13:14Z

Can this scenerio occur? Post a negative comment on a site like jobvent, your company reads and is upset. Hacks the jobvent site to find your IP address from the post, and traces it to your location?

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Comment from Otis on 2008-04-14

2008-04-15T04:10:07Z

But can this scenerio happen? Post a comment to a site like "jobvent". Company upset over
bad comments, "hacks" or finds out your IP address somehow from your posting, then traces the address to your location?

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2008-04-06

2008-04-06T19:30:52Z

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Static or Dynamic, the ISPs help is required to find you. If they keep records
of which dynamic IP address you were assigned to when, then it's possible that
** again, WITH THE ISPS HELP ** you could be located. That help typically
requires law enforcement to get invovled.

Leo

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Comment from paul on 2008-04-05

2008-04-05T21:29:23Z

Hi, does this quote have relevence if you have a dynamic IP?

Summary: A server can easily identify any users that visit their web sites. However, there are services that will allow you to surf anonymously.

I use aol, i am not allowed to use certain bookmakers sites, i have been looking at ip masking software but ive been told that as i have a dynamic ip, they cannot identify me this way as it is constantly changing and my ISP will never disclose any info about me, i also delete cookies regularly and im pretty sure they cant get my MAC address.

Is there something i should know or i do i have it pretty much covered? Basically am i relatively untraceable?

i look forward to hearing from you

thanks

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Comment from juan casteneda on 2008-04-01

2008-04-02T02:09:31Z

Leo,
I need your advise. I travel a lot out of the U.S. and I'm a big fan of March Maddness (college basketball), but when I try to watch it live on the internet It tells me it can only be viewed in the U.S. This happens often on television network web sites. The web site and the server have identifed me as being out of the country. How can I go around it ? Please Help!!!

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Comment from Judith Johnstone on 2008-03-13

2008-03-13T10:48:39Z

I was banned from a site how do they know when I try to sign in again?

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Comment from Doug Smith on 2008-02-24

2008-02-25T01:51:26Z

Help, I have a lot of hours invested in qualifying. . .
I entered a free online poker tournament where you qualify for different levels. Now that I have qualified for the Final Tournament, I see it says it's for "Canadians Only". Not sure if it was an oversight on my part or if it's an added thing in the fine print. My Account address says US, but if it was changed and I used the anonimyzer, would they be able to tell if I was playing in the U.S. ?

Thanks in advance Leo !
If your advice leads to me winning $, I will definitely return to buy you many Lattes !

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Comment from Jim on 2008-02-06

2008-02-07T00:05:06Z

If I connect to a wireless router, can the server that I am using see what websites I have visited? If so, do servers such as roadrunner keep these things on file?

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2008-02-02

2008-02-02T19:23:28Z

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It is not possible to directly map an IP address to an email
address. There must've been a different way for him find
your email address, or some other place where he found your
IP address and email address together.

Leo

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Comment from Nick on 2008-01-26

2008-01-26T18:31:08Z

I made an enemy of an internet forum owner and suddenly he sends an email to one of my email accounts that he could not possibly of known. Can he use my IP address to find out all my email addresses?

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Comment from james on 2008-01-22

2008-01-22T21:40:30Z

Hey,

If i use AOL can my IP be traced?

Thanks.

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Comment from Pikky on 2008-01-12

2008-01-12T08:37:10Z

Dear Leo,
If I used one the same computer but at different places to login the same website? will the IP address be the same or will it be different becos of the diff ISP used? and usually, if it is a domain website, can the website admin trace back to the IP? how much do they usually store in the registry for each login? thanks!

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Comment from Bailey on 2007-12-20

2007-12-20T11:46:16Z

I am using a wireless internet connection to a laptop at work and am downloading music that may be illegal but from official sites. My work are worried of the legality of this,how easily it can tracked and if traced who is responsible and what sort of punishment you can recieve?

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-12-08

2007-12-08T17:33:04Z

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Nope. And I don't know how you'd get the IP address anyway, since the IP
address is specific to your location. Once the computer is moved elsewhere y
virtue of being stolen, there's no way to know what IP it would be assigned
unless you had installed some kind of tracking software before it was stolen.

Leo

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Comment from Chaz on 2007-12-07

2007-12-07T21:47:57Z

My computer was stolen, If I know it's ip address, can I send it a note?

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-12-06

2007-12-06T23:45:38Z

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I don't *think* so. I certainly can't think of a way to do it off hand, but I
also won't guarantee it. For all I know your computer's IP address might be
saved away somewhere in the registry.

Note that if you're behind a NAT router at home then there's no way for your
OWN computer to know it's own internet IP address (it only knows the local
address assigned by your router). So in that case your boss couldn't tell
anyway.

Leo

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Comment from curious on 2007-12-04

2007-12-05T04:52:29Z

If i have two different internet connections, one at home and one at work, does my computer save the ip's of both connections. In other words, can my boss at work find out my home ip by looking at my computer.

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Comment from vinh on 2007-11-24

2007-11-24T20:36:14Z

If the boss has my IP address, each time i lock in the websites with passwords. Can he knows my passwords ? And each time I,m online, can he knows which sites I was on ?

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Comment from JustCurious on 2007-10-01

2007-10-01T21:58:46Z

Ok well my next question is can I be identified personally without them having my computer?

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-10-01

2007-10-01T20:06:35Z

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Can they? Absolutely yes.

Do they? No idea. Depends on the company.

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Comment from JustCurious on 2007-09-29

2007-09-29T16:17:01Z

I bring my Laptop to work with me, and I connect to the internet through an ethernet cable, from time to time I may visit a raunchy website or two, is it possible for my job to go back and see what websites I have visited, without them checking my computer?

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Comment from Jane SM on 2007-07-01

2007-07-02T03:47:21Z

Leo, I think someone has hacked into my computer. I also believe that someone is monitoring my comings and goings in Yahoo IM using the program called Buddy Spy. Is there a way (such as TCPView and/or Netstat) to tell if someone is spying on you?

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Comment from icurious on 2007-06-14

2007-06-14T12:24:52Z

Can IP addresses of someone posting on a public message board be tracked without the boards operator being aware of it?
Could someone know where I am posting from here, without contacting you to get my IP address?

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-06-11

2007-06-12T00:05:56Z

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Yes. Absolutely. The IP of every visitor is typically logged. That's true for
most all websites.

Leo
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Comment from aisha on 2007-06-11

2007-06-11T15:31:24Z

hi leo, i'm still a bit unclear about this. if i visit a blog, but without posting any comments, will the blogger him/herself be able to see my ip address?

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Comment from Michelle on 2007-05-15

2007-05-16T01:45:14Z

Someone who has a public journal, is logging and displaying IP addresses and threatening those who read that she is going to file suit....
can she really find out who SPECIFICALLY is visiting (like their name etc) by contacting their IP and asking?

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Comment from Leo Notenboom on 2007-03-23

2007-03-24T03:14:20Z

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Your IP says you're in Perth Australia, but that's as close as we can get.

The only way to avoid it is to use anonymization services.

Leo
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Comment from Ally on 2007-03-23

2007-03-24T03:01:57Z

is there a way i can stop such a trace? cloak my Ip? before someone gets this info?

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Comment from Ally on 2007-03-23

2007-03-24T03:00:59Z

can someone trace my Ip back to a specific town or subburb.... and can they do this by contacting Red Hot Pie to locate the Ip of the person who sent a specific message , and or/ their location/ username?

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Comment from Lucian on 2007-03-21

2007-03-21T19:07:52Z

i like to get information about my visitors, i'm using http://www.ipgp.net to get country, city and internet service provider. I can know if he visit from a big company or a big university.

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2006-11-04

2006-11-04T17:33:27Z

Interesting little tool. I installed it on my MySpace page. :-) http://myspace.com/leonot

I'm actually not aware of any way to block this tool, or rather ANY tool from knowing your IP. As the article states, the only real way to do that is to use an anonymizer-like service.

Knowing the IP of the computers that connect is just a fundamental way the internet works.

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Comment from giada on 2006-11-04

2006-11-04T17:16:20Z

Hi Leo, I would like to ask sort of the opposite of most of the requests above. There's a new trend that is being used on myspace,

http://new.modmyprofile.com/map.php?id=206705&st=

It's a map tracking code, it won't give profile info unless one is a user but it will track where one is from even if one is just an anonymous user browsing the page. I don't like this, it's an invasion of my privacy. I think it should be a choice and that there should be a way to block this sort of stuff. If one is wondering who is looking at their page then why have it public??? Myspace gives one the choice of making pages private or public. I, as a user do not wish to be tracked down,(even though it doesn't give an address, it does give street names... that's pretty invasive to me) if I want people to know more of me and I happend to like the page that I am browsing then I ADD them otherwise I continue on my way. I have already written myspace staff and they've had to delete the codes from a few users but I don't want to have to report this everytime I see one of those map trackers. Is there a way to protect myself from this kind of IP tracking? Something that is automatic and can be permanent? thanks!
Giada

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Comment from Leo Notenboom on 2006-10-14

2006-10-14T20:17:38Z

You can't.

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Comment from amber on 2006-10-13

2006-10-14T06:34:23Z

how can you find out who someone is on myspace if all you have is theie ip address????

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Comment from Leo Notenboom on 2006-10-04

2006-10-04T22:29:55Z

Yes, but exactly what the code is depends on the server software you're using and what software is processing that form.

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Comment from Mike on 2006-09-28

2006-09-28T12:13:38Z

I have a web site, and there is one form to receive enquiries from my web site. I want to add one more thing in my form, to receive the IP address of them who posted form to me. can I get the code for this?
tks and kind regards,

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Comment from Cleo on 2006-04-05

2006-04-05T07:48:35Z

So are you guys saying that when it says people visited your profile is doesn't say their name? How do you know then? Just it just say "6 people" visited your profile and then it doesn't tell you who? That's dumb. Maybe that website is a good idea then, who knows what kind of weirdos are checking you out.

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Comment from Laurel on 2006-04-03

2006-04-04T02:45:41Z

Hi, I was wondering if signing up for whospyme.com is a bad idea. Are they able to sell my information or have you heard of anybody having a bad expirience with it ie. viruses, stolen information?
Thanks

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Comment from katie on 2006-03-31

2006-03-31T15:30:30Z

www.whospyme.com. how does that site work? i cant find a code.

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Comment from Melissa on 2006-03-20

2006-03-21T02:46:19Z

for those that asked how to view whose visiting your myspace page, the only way I know is www.whospyme.com. You sign up for a free account and there's a code you put in the "who i'd like to meet" section on your myspace page and then you can usually see every hit that your page gets. You can see there profile picture (with a link to their profile) and even how they got to your profile, just as long as the person was on your page at least 2 to 3 seconds, which is pretty easy.

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Comment from Lynnette on 2006-03-17

2006-03-17T21:55:37Z

Can you tell me how i can view who visits my page on Myspace.com.. is there a certain code i need to input..???..

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Comment from Arijana on 2006-03-14

2006-03-14T19:42:17Z

hi I can't enter on one site it says "You are using an Invalid IP to access this site!" but I can go to all others web site.please help me what to do.Thank you

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Comment from Leo on 2006-02-05

2006-02-06T01:51:34Z

I don't believe myspace makes that information available.

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Comment from Courtney on 2006-02-05

2006-02-05T23:34:12Z

Can you tell me how to find out who has visited my myspace page, please? Im really interested to see who has visited.
thanks!

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Comment from Leo on 2006-01-04

2006-01-05T05:25:46Z

When I need to do that I just open a command prompt, and enter "ping " followed by the website's domain name.

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Comment from Saira on 2006-01-04

2006-01-04T16:49:15Z

How do you find out the IP address of a website?

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Comment from Leo on 2005-09-07

2005-09-07T19:09:29Z

Sure. You'll normally find it in your web server logs. (Exactly where and what they look like will depend on the web server you are running.)

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Comment from Jing Zhao on 2005-09-07

2005-09-07T19:05:02Z

I have a web site. Some other site such as download.com has a link to my web site. When user click the link on download.com, can I get the IP of the person who click the link? If I can, how?

Thank you

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Comment from Brandon on 2005-06-12

2005-06-12T21:16:48Z

I know you asked that question 6 months ago, anna, and have probably either forgot about or found an answer to it by now.

Anyway, go to http://www.grc.com. Click on the Sheilds Up Logo. Then scroll down, way down, or do a search for sheilds up. And Click on it. Read this page, because it answers your question.

Then, if you want, continue on to shields up and get your computers security tested!!

To answer your question here, and shortly, from a your ip address, they can get your "reverse dns". If your ISP is less concerned about privacy, this reverse dns may contain identifyable information. The page I directed you to will tell you what your reverse dns is.

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Comment from Anna on 2004-12-02

2004-12-02T16:20:57Z

I use EarthLink dialup so every time I connect to the 'net I have a different IP because Earthlink uses dynamic IPs. HOWEVER, a message board I post on was able to identify 3 user names that I've used over the past 2 years. They said they did it using my IPs but I know that is impossible. So, how did they identify me? Sure hope somebody can sort this out for me. I'm told it might have something to do with the subnet masking that stays the same? TIA
Anna

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