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[Unregistered]

If you have a firewall installed, can a person ***** your ip address and if so what kind of information can they get from it?

[DATA]

hi,

Firewall basically prevents attacks on your computer. The firewall can be configured such that your system/computer doesnot reply to various probes and scanners randomly initiated by the attacker, that way the attacker will not know your presence on the network. However, if you are communicating with someone,a firewall doesn't prevent the party at the other end from seeing your ip address.

Data.

[g_h_a_s_s]

Hello

i just like to say for you that either if you put firewall, there a tools to get your IP.

This tools for example cn use the MSN messenger, so your IP will be displayed using an internal command there.

Other type is by sending mails, so if for hotmail , u can see in the header the IP that the message is sent.

Using firewall is to get more security and less hackers attackes.

But, the HACKERS like to penetrate when its difficult to do that.

[Ru|er]

whoever that hacker is tell him/her to hack me, please i beg.
these hackers you're saying are not true hackers they're just bunch of script kiddies who likes to harrass people in the net , they dont have life except to take advantage of innocent users. the only way to stop them from messing with you is to do eye for an eye. ..they're nobody just plain wanna be hackers. thats all.

[Unregistered]

If hackers will know your IP they can:

*. Ddos you.
2. Scan your computer to find open ports.
*. Get some information about you from whois services.

[Legion]

if you have a good firewall software/hardware and filters out bad request you shouldn't have problems with DDoS in short do egress filtering.

if you have a good firewall and AV and not going to porn sites, swapping files, downloading crack files, downloading from mirc, you have less chance of getting worms, trojans,virus, that can open your ports or risk your computer security. bottom line your PC relies on your decisions and what files you are downloading and what sites you are visiting.

third use proxy,proxy chainning software and anonymous surfing applications to avoid getting your info. for more info
go to www.proxynation.org "safe Browsing" and "securing PC"

[lip*ID]

Whois is a bull****...
No ... for real !
U can't get too much info from that thing !:)
Just an adress about * mile away, than a real is !:)
Using XSpider u can get TOO much info ... ;)
Also what I would do, I would call your system admin and just talk to him !:)
Than ... everything depend's on if u are smart enough !:)

[noscared]

I'm not scared about you IP "hackers" or email whatevers.. bring it on..

email: mforst@law.stetson.edu

[notscared2]

no no no

[Unregistered]

If someone sends you an email (a normal email not one with any virus), when you open it can they see your ip address from where you are opening it?
Also is there a way to block your ip address when on yahoo mess. with someone else.

Thanks for any info!!

[Unregistered]

If you use an proxy service to log into yahoo or aol to check your email, does the proxy site have access to your email account since you went thru them (username,password, read emails,ect..)

Thanks again

[DATA]

HI,

The proxy can optinally log whatever traffic that goes through it.

Data.

[Unregistered]

i need help....my friend used my computer to use the ip relay service and prank call someone and the person got scared and called the ip relay place and now they are in the proccess of trying to find my ip address, and the people say they are gonna press charges for the prank call....is there anything i can do NOW to make sure they don't find my ip address? or am i just screwed

[Unregistered]

Originally posted by DATA
hi,

Firewall basically prevents attacks on your computer. The firewall can be configured such that your system/computer doesnot reply to various probes and scanners randomly initiated by the attacker, that way the attacker will not know your presence on the network. However, if you are communicating with someone,a firewall doesn't prevent the party at the other end from seeing your ip address.

Data.

i would like to say evev if there are tools my fire wall tells me their ip adress then witch i give them out to people and now i am trying to trace the asshole who keeps changing my IE's homepage and he has no idea i have his ip.

[Unregistered]

Originally posted by Unregistered
i need help....my friend used my computer to use the ip relay service and prank call someone and the person got scared and called the ip relay place and now they are in the proccess of trying to find my ip address, and the people say they are gonna press charges for the prank call....is there anything i can do NOW to make sure they don't find my ip address? or am i just screwed

I hate it when this sort off stuff happens. Everyone says thier going to log someones IP Address, but do they? Onetime I was on winmx to download a song. when I opened the song a window popped up and said "Your IP Address has been logged and we will take legal action within the next * days" I was scared to death. I don't understand why the person who makes the illegal files can't get busted instead of the people who download the stuff.

[Unregistered]

I forgot to tell yall guys something... if you are using a router and a firewall at the sametime, you have a lower chance of someone logging your IP. But this only works on some communications. High technology applications sometimes cannot find your IP Address but if a web****** uses a simple tool like a counter to check a list of all the visiters of their site they are given the time, date, and IP address of each visiter.

[Unregistered]

Originally posted by Unregistered
If someone sends you an email (a normal email not one with any virus), when you open it can they see your ip address from where you are opening it?
Also is there a way to block your ip address when on yahoo mess. with someone else.

Thanks for any info!!

If you get an HTML formatted email it can contain images, and those images can be fetched from a webserver when you open the email.
When your email program makes the request to get the image then the webserver can log your IP address. If you are using proxies or the other anonymizing methods mentioned by others then your IP address will be safe.

However, those images, when they come in a spam email, usually have unique numbers that will identify not your IP but your email address - confirming that the email sent from SpammerX to you@yourplace.com got to you and that you opened it! Now you get more spam.

I always set my email program to not show images because of this. If I get an image I trust I can always open it later. If your email program won't let you do this get rid of it and get another program. If you're using Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express dump it immediately - it's the most insecure P.O.S. on the planet. Get Thunderbird http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ or something else - anything but outlook.
- Stephen

[Unregistered]

You're right Ru|er, these little kiddies really do not know the true meaning of "hacking" another.

A software firewall will help in most cases, however, if someone is trying to access your PC and they know a little more than the standard kiddie script hacker, when fighting the software firewall they are ALREADY IN YOUR PC.

Use a hardware firewall as well as a software fireall and this will stop "most" of the "big boys" (not all though).

Also note that the more firewalls you use the safer you are. The bull shit about more than one firewall leaves you open is only true if you do not how to configure them.

The more layers of protection, the harder it is to hack.

[Unregistered]

Another thing....

One BIG issue these kiddies forget, is what I like to call:

The law of physical presence will always prevail

Meaning that an intruder is always sitting at a computer somewhere doing their dirty work. As much as they "think" they can hide behind anonymous proxies or divert the attacking IP, their physical presence on that computer cannot be hidden (thank you electrons!).

This is why most "hackers" caught are little children who don't know that if they attack, no matter how good they are, they will always be traced back to that little hole they're trying to intrude from.







If *28 bit is so secure, why has 256 bit been invented and when will 5*2 or *024 bit security be in place?

[SyntaXmasteR]

If *28 bit is so secure, why has 256 bit been invented and when will 5*2 or *024 bit security be in place?

Why would you trust a "Generally Used" Encryption System in the first place. Smart People will write their own encryption programs that will be double Encrypted. First Serverside encryption w/ 256 bit encryption, then incase of a hacker getting a hold of your data he will not know what he found. Just more encryption...

[Unregistered]

How do I block someone from viewing my website using their IP address?? ( I really really hate this person and want them to die but that's a different story)

[Unregistered]

Hi,
I was if someone uses an internet forum, can another person on that forum find out about that someone's IP address and other personal information? Does firewall help in preventing it, or there is really no way to prevent it? Thank you so much for your time

[joni]

If you have a firewall installed, can a person ***** your ip address and if so what kind of information can they get from it?



The purpose of installing firewall is to prevent the access of some particular sites. But it won't prevent the visitors to ***** your IP address. Even if they ***** it they will know only the details about your IP address like IP location, ISP address, country, latitude and longitude. They cannot find your name or home address using your IP address. To know the details about a particular IP address visit the site Ip-Details.com .