IP Address

[jttheclockman]

Is there a way to learn a person's sign on name if you have an IP address??? I am not talking about this site. I have been warned of someone attempting to enter a web site using my sign-on name. This is another site that this occured.

 

[ctubbs]

You might try whois.com. I have put an ip address into Google advanced search in the exact match line with success.
Charles

 

[Mark]

Short answer no. Whois will give you a match to who actually owns the address. Company name, contact info for the owning entity, etc.

If you are an admin on the particular site, you can track the IP back to a username that used it. Most IP addresses are assigned to large providers and in turn assigned to a user for a particular internet session. Not many ip addresses actually belong to an individual person any longer. For example: I'm an admin on a business related site and my username has 37 different addresses associated with it on that site. It just depends on what address is available from Verizon's pool of allocated addresses when I log onto the net.

More specific to your question, if you are a member, registered on that site with that username, contact an administrator on the site. They can look at the login info and see what is what. Probably a good idea to change your password as a registered member.

If you are not registered and someone else has that username, well that's the way it is.

 

[jttheclockman]

I am the moderator at the site and I did just as you said and you are right on all counts. It is an address that belongs to a porn site or company. They tried with a couple different addresses. Now that I have this info is there any legal action I can take??? Or should I just hope this was a one time attack. They picked my name because it is the one most widely used on the site because of my interaction there???? First time this has happened.

 

[Mark]

You can ban the email associated with the account and if you so desire, ban the IP address totally.

However, if you ban the IP address, anyone with a real (good) reason for accessing your site from that address, would not be able to do so..

I'm not aware of a legal path, maybe drop a line to Curtis to pick his brain.

I end up with entire ip subnets that are banned, due to the amount of spam coming from some areas of the world. Good Luck.

 

[randyrls]

I end up with entire ip subnets that are banned, due to the amount of spam coming from some areas of the world. Good Luck.

Mark; Yep our company banned ALL of Africa, much of Asia, Ukraine,

If you wanted access, "send us a letter and we will allow you access"