On 31/01/2001 08:37:55 PM OMC wrote:
Is there any way to track down someones address from ip number. Someone is sending me malicious email and i want to identify who he is.
I have his basic information. Can you help me?
Your request arrived on the cypherpunks maimling list, a general discussion forum for cryptology, so I don't quite see how your query is particularly relevant to that topic. That aside, assuming you're asking about /machine names and web addresses/, then you're asking about fundamental domain name system operating issues, and as such, you should be able to find the answer to your question in any of dozens of texts, or else a quick web search will reveal all you need to know. Focus your query on "DNS reverse lookup" or similar. Note: for some long time, Microsoft, in their (questionable) wisdom, released severely incomplete implementations of DNS tools, effectively making reverse lookup infeasible. I'm almost certain that they've now had to bow to peer pressure and implement it properly, so to some extent, your success will depend on how current your Microsoft installation actually is. Alternatively, if you're instead asking how to determine someone's street address given only an IP address, then you seek an answer as daft as the one you'd get if you asked "How do I determine someone's street address given only a malicious letter (which presumably has no return address) that they've sent to me". I suppose it might be doable in some sense (you might be able to find the postal address of the ISP used by your malicious correspondent), but to attempt such an investigation would mark you as a great prat. -- Kevin. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our Internet site at http://www.reuters.com Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Reuters Ltd.