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identify source from IP address
Name: Anthony Date: November 16, 2002 at 12:45:45 Pacific OS: win2k CPU/Ram: p800/256M
Comment:
Hi,
Suppose the only information i know about someone is his/her IP address, how can i probe his/her location, ISP, and other information?
Name: dan Date: November 16, 2002 at 13:48:16 Pacific
Reply:
People sometimes get paranoid, but that IP address given out by your ISP contains NO personal informaiton about you, the most private info it contains is probably which city you live in, and if it's a big ISP you don't even know that. By the way, who is ARIN and why are they picking on samspade?
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Response Number 3
Name: EC Date: November 16, 2002 at 23:30:13 Pacific
Reply:
ARIN = American Registry for Internet Numbers
While SAMSPADE is a good, technically informative page, the site editorializes some kooky and crazy stuff. Read the author's comments on the site and think about it.
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