Can a messaage posted by a person on a network connection to the 'net be traced back to that individual?

[edprush]

Can a messaage posted by a person on a network connection to the 'net be traced back to that individual?

It just seems that the IP is provided but how can that be used to find the actual user not just the IP that the message was posted from?

 

[vi edit]

Yes.

It would be very easy if the IP address that somebody was posting from was static. The web administrator for the site can just do a lookup on the IP address, see what ISP was allocated those IP blocks, and then contact the sys admin for the ISP and see what user the IP was assigned too.

From a corporate level, if some for of firewalling was in place, a sys admin could track to see what sites users were hitting.

It would be very difficult to get the identity of an individual poster without the help/consent of the IPS/sys admin of IP block though.

 

[Viper GTS]

Nope, which is why IPv6 includes provisions to include a snapshot taken from a low-res camera in the base of the monitor. All outgoing packets will include that snapshot to identify the user responsible.

Should be cool.

Viper GTS

 

[jacklutz]

...look for the new guy at work wearing the ski-mask...

 

[DaLeroy]

<< Nope, which is why IPv6 includes provisions to include a snapshot taken from a low-res camera in the base of the monitor. All outgoing packets will include that snapshot to identify the user responsible.

Should be cool.

Viper GTS >>



Careful....there might AOL users on here......

 

[vi edit]

[edit] My previous posts works assuming some form of IP spoofing wasn't being performed.