Is there a way to learn the identity of an IP address? 1

[Maui]

I am the webmaster for a non-profit organization and I have a tracker on my webpage that provides a variety of statisitics about the visitors to the site. This info includes the IP address and provider of the visitor. Is there a way to discover the identity of the visitor from their IP address?

 

[jsauce]

Only if you track down the ISP and beg them for the info.

 

[rjs]

Assuming that the ISP correctly registered the IP address block, you can tell the company info of the person. The URL is<br>
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http://www.arin.net/whois/arinwhois.html<br>

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Unfortunately, ISP's don't always SWIP the IP address blockes to the end users, especially for individual users.

 

[jsauce]

While this gives you a little info, its not what I think this person wants. And there are also programs that tell you what the geographic location of the IP is, but this is determined by the ISP reserving the IP address. Since most people who logon to an ISP get a dynamic IP from a pool of IP addresses, it is very difficult if not impossible to tell who is who, since the guy who had for example an IP of 90.0.0.44 yesterday could have 90.0.0.22 today. With Static IP addresses it could be easier, but the information would have to be given by the ISP who owns the IP.

 

[Guest_imported]

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Actually the easiest way is to do a tracert to the IP and that will provide you with some information re the ISP and the country

 

[jsauce]

Tracert will still only tell you who the ISP is. It will not tell you who the person is. <p>John D. Saucier<br><a href=mailto:jsauce@net1plus.com>jsauce@net1plus.com</a><br><a href=

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[MartyLogo]

It does make you wonder though. Because every now and then you will read about some Internet user being arrested. I know I read that some ISPs won't give out that information unless there is a court order involved. <p>MartyLogo<br><a href=mailto:MartyLogo@netzero.net>MartyLogo@netzero.net</a><br><a href=

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[jsauce]

Maybe, but if a person reports illegal activity, most ISPs will just remove the user from their servers, rather than get involved in a legal dispute. <p>John D. Saucier<br><a href=mailto:jsauce@net1plus.com>jsauce@net1plus.com</a><br><a href=

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