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Why indeed! Exposing your IP address makes it that much easier and attractive for a hacker to sniff your system for open ports.
I recommend you keep it private.
Jeff Hester
BigBlueBall.comAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I know what you mean. Mine is hidden, but one person on the details showed their IP and I tried to tell them to hide it…but they never replied.
Most of the reson apli. have this is for games that require a direct conection, they put his so it is easier for u (the user) to aquire your friends (who dont know how to find out there ip address without it) ip address to play games.
-Bob
If the sky is dark why not lighten it up.-Bobid yr on dial up, yr ip address changes every tyme u log on the net (so i was told by my internet providers) so if u leave yr ip address in there, and yr on dial up, like me, and yr ip address changes, a hacker cant use that ip address to ‘hack’ correct??
ChEwY
~*It’s not that I’m afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there
when it happens*~Quote:quote:
id yr on dial up, yr ip address changes every tyme u log on the net (so i was told by my internet providers) so if u leave yr ip address in there, and yr on dial up, like me, and yr ip address changes, a hacker cant use that ip address to ‘hack’ correct??ChEwY
~*It’s not that I’m afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there
when it happens*~that goes for cable and dsl too. but sometimes the isp will give u a perminet ip so check wit them first about more information for perminet.
-Bob
If the sky is dark why not lighten it up.-BobQuote:quote:
id yr on dial up, yr ip address changes every tyme u log on the net (so i was told by my internet providers) so if u leave yr ip address in there, and yr on dial up, like me, and yr ip address changes, a hacker cant use that ip address to ‘hack’ correct??That would be true if it were a static field, but Odigo “knows” your real IP address each time you sign into Odigo. The IP field is not something you fill in; it’s automatically filled in based on whatever your IP address is when you connect to Odigo.
So Rustedtight is correct, and you are wrong. Happens to the best of us.
Jeff Hester
BigBlueBall.comReally, theres little point to hiding your IP address, your sending it out to every connection you make in IM.
How to learn the IP address of the buddy messageing you?
If yr using windows, simply run netstat in a dos window n read it there in the active connections.
You cant hide your IP cos it is your web identity this session and your location, Your not ‘fred bloggs’, ‘super stud’ or ‘dainty lady’, those are only ppl friendly names. I’m not ‘rustedtight’ but 203.134.81.148. (right now only).
Hope this helps explain.
203.134.81.148 (rustedtight)Edited by – rustedtight on 05/04/2002 12:19:43
Yes…thanks that does explain more. I am not as up on comps as I’d like to be, hence the firewall and antivirus programs,
, but will have my husband and son bust out the crayons and draw me a picture later. Thanks again. 🙂When you’re up to your nose, keep your mouth shut.
Snoopy,
Let me save the crayons..
in this..Quote:quote: I’m not ‘rustedtight’ but 203.134.81.148. (right now only).203. = oceania, specifically Australia.
134. = an area within Australia (city?)
81= one of my ISP’s block of allocated numbers.
148 = customer (me)
working backwards…… 148=me, 81=some number my ISP holds, 134= a location within Australia, 203= Oceania (Australia, some controlled islands n a few other unimportant specks in the ocean.
You can now see it IS my address, combined with the date n time I can be traced at any time now or in the past.
Obviously an IP address (combined with date n time)is not just identifying ‘snoopy is cool’, but Mrs average mother o six, 3421 long drive. Small town. This State USA, customer of bloggs web n ISP business. 34 Main St. Metropolis. USA.
So…. dont break the law while on the web, you can be found, something a lot of script kiddies seem to ignore.rustedtight
Edited by – rustedtight on 05/11/2002 11:49:40
Great explanation, number 203.134.81.148! Thanks for taking the time to spell it out.
“…I feel like a number…” Bob Seger
Jeff Hester
BigBlueBall.comDear ReaderI’ve downloaded odigo messenger a few weeks ago, but i was trying to hide my IP address when i realised in my profile my IP was exposed to everyone, now i dare not connect to odigo messenger but i find odigo is not a bad messenger only thing i didn’t know how to hide my IP address as i realised others can hide it! Can anyone help me to solve it?:)Thanks
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