[thelist] finding ip addresses

[Anne Thorniley]

Hi,

On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 11:07:10AM -0000, kris burford [midtempo] wrote:
> 
> foolish question for today - how do i then identify the user from an ip
> address... i've been to a whois service, found that the ip address refers to
> a large isp (bt internet), but beyond that, i'm stuck...
> 

I'm sorry to say that your chances arne't very good at all. When people use
BT Internet they get assigned a random IP address every time they connect,
and they also get disconnected at least every 2 hours, so unless the user has
identified him/herself in other posts at very similar times to the malicious
ones, I doubt you'll be able to find out who they are. BT themselves /may/
have a record of who connects using what IP address, but even if they could
be bothered to search through their records to find out for you (which is
unlikely), I'm fairly sure it would be against the law for them to give out
information like that.

Good luck,

Anne


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