yahoo messenger

[aravind]

i want to know from where and who is chating with me.. and his ip address ......and his system mac address. and the area location kindely please

[Kite]

you can obtian his IP address, through using the netstat command in ms-dos prompt, since Yahoo Messanger has such poor security. The other stuff someone else might be able to help you with.

[Unregistered]

its not possibly to get ip throught ntstat in dos
yahoo dont has tat much poor security

online_00*@**********

[Unregistered]

If yahoo is like other proxy based messengers (MSN, ***) then it is possible to not reveal your IP address while simply chatting, as all data will be sent through the central server at MSN or whereever. When you do something that requires a direct connection, such as a file transfer, then your computer must have a valid IP address to send it to.
If you have an IP address, then there are some limited ways of finding the location from that.

Hiding or disclosing IP addresses is not a security measure in itself.
For example, I challenge you to reveal any unreleased information from 2*6.2**.**.**.

[legion]

2*6.2**.**.** is running GWS on Linux when last queried at 2*-Sep-2004 08:26:*8 GMT -
OS Server Last changed IP address Netblock Owner
Linux GWS/2.* **-Sep-2004 2*6.2**.5*.*47 Google Inc
Linux GWS/2.* *8-Sep-2004 66.*02.*.** Google Inc
Linux GWS/2.* *6-Sep-2004 2*6.2**.5*.*47 Google Inc
unknown GWS/2.* *5-Sep-2004 2*6.2**.5*.*47 Google Inc
Linux GWS/2.* 2-Sep-2004 2*6.2**.5*.*04 Google Inc
Linux GWS/2.* **-Aug-2004 66.*02.**.** Google Inc
Linux GWS/2.* *0-Aug-2004 2*6.2**.5*.*04 Google Inc
Linux GWS/2.* 2*-Aug-2004 66.*02.**.*04 Google Inc
Linux GWS/2.* 28-Aug-2004 2*6.2**.5*.*04 Google Inc
unknown GWS/2.* 27-Aug-2004 2*6.2**.5*.*47 Google Inc

[legion]

in your dos prompt type netstat -a and you will see whose connected to you. if your connected to someone in YM then you will be able to see his/her IP