[thelist] Seeing IP addresses: Used to be: CoffeeCup Free HTML

[James Spahr]

on 7/13/00 2:55 PM, Alessandro at Alessandro at bodytrends.com wrote:

> Is there a way for that ISP to subtrace the actual
> account number or user, especially if he was using some large ISP? Wouldn't
> most ISPs only be able too generate a list of users logged in at that
> particular time?

totally - yes. 

ISPs should have logs from their PPP servers that record what ip address was
given to what username/password combo and how long it was used for. Many PPP
servers also record the originating phone number (caller ID) in their logs
as well (If the local telco supports the feature).

James.