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Neferti

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Re: Heavy Moderation on DT's Liberty & PA?
Reply #45 - May 22^nd, 2008 at 8:34pm

mantra wrote on May 22^nd, 2008 at 8:21pm:

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Please reassure Mantra ...... she is paranoid you might have her phone number via the Forum.

Funny neferti - but I'm more worried about hackers. Just being cautious.

Stay cool. No hackers on Feediver's site or Deepthought's. Nobody can find out anything about you from an IP address, except which ISP you use and (maybe) which area/state you live in.

Should you be posting from work, then you may have a problem. Your ISP would probably let them know which company/department you work for. Grin

Plus which Forums you use during work hours. Roll Eyes

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Neferti Gold Member Offline Posts: 7965 Canberra Gender:	Re: Heavy Moderation on DT's Liberty & PA? Reply #46 - May 22^nd, 2008 at 8:38pm Aussie wrote on May 22^nd, 2008 at 8:21pm: I post from home. The IP has been the same for several years. Rubbish. You must be paying through the nose for that IP addy then. Or have never logged off.
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Re: Heavy Moderation on DT's Liberty & PA?
Reply #47 - May 22^nd, 2008 at 9:06pm

Aussie wrote on May 22^nd, 2008 at 8:21pm:

Neferti wrote on May 22^nd, 2008 at 7:47pm:

freediver wrote on May 22^nd, 2008 at 7:12pm:

You aren't permanently logged in and even if you were, what do you think might happen? The Forum Admin might be able to find out your IP address but that tells them nothing, just what ISP you use and probably what area you are in. So what? Nobody can get your physical, home address, from an IP number.

IP's are logged with posts on most forums. Some people have a permanent IP so you can get that personal info directly. I think there are plenty of ways to get it indirectly. that's the risk you take when you post online.

Goodness me.

To have a permanent IP addy you MUST be posting from your work station. Then you would know what "company" the person is posting from and maybe track them down?

Challenge ..... PM me with where and who I am and my home address and phone number. Roll Eyes

My IP is permanent, and I post from home. The IP has been the same for several years.

I'm sure you mean your ISP has been the same for several years.

It is very, very rare to have a static IP for a number of reasons. Not least of which is resourcing. IP addresses are dynamic.

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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39874 Gender:	Re: Heavy Moderation on DT's Liberty & PA? Reply #48 - May 22^nd, 2008 at 9:15pm This IT poo runs me, big time. Buggered if I know......but I do know that, for example......if, from home I posted as "Santa Clause" at DT's PA....and then posted as "Rudolph" at DT's Liberty, he would know that Santa and Rudolph are one and the same.
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Re: Heavy Moderation on DT's Liberty & PA?
Reply #49 - May 22^nd, 2008 at 9:27pm

Aussie wrote on May 22^nd, 2008 at 9:15pm:

This IT poo runs me, big time.

Buggered if I know......but I do know that, for example......if, from home I posted as "Santa Clause" at DT's PA....and then posted as "Rudolph" at DT's Liberty, he would know that Santa and Rudolph are one and the same.

This can be true but only given a set of circumstances.

The IP address of every post is logged and is available to the forum owner. This is to allow forum owners the ability to track spammers etc and/or ban certain IP addresses.

But if you shut down your computer or modem between postings you may be allocated a different IP (Internet Protocol) address by the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server at your ISP (Internet Service Provider). Your IP address will be dynamic and may change between postings in that situation.

Got it? Wink

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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39874 Gender:	Re: Heavy Moderation on DT's Liberty & PA? Reply #50 - May 22^nd, 2008 at 9:38pm Quote: But if you shut down your computer or modem between postings you may be allocated a different IP (Internet Protocol) address by the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server at your ISP (Internet Service Provider). Who does that? I never 'shut down' the computer. I think I will now.
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Re: Heavy Moderation on DT's Liberty & PA?
Reply #51 - May 22^nd, 2008 at 9:57pm

Aussie wrote on May 22^nd, 2008 at 9:38pm:

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But if you shut down your computer or modem between postings you may be allocated a different IP (Internet Protocol) address by the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server at your ISP (Internet Service Provider).

Who does that? I never 'shut down' the computer.

I think I will now.

I didn't say anyone does that - I said 'but if you (do)'. Do read what I post.

But if you don't 'shut down' your computer between posts then that circumstance does not apply and the posts at two different forums would have the same IP address as the source.

However I strongly doubt your computer has been running continuously for years. Even if it had been so and survived crashes, power outages and being moved from one place to another an ISP outage would possibly see you with a new IP address anyway.

ISPs have a range of IP addresses allocated to them. If they have 50,000 IP addresses and 50,001 customers they have a problem unless they keep re-allocating upon demand.

Do you still have Windoze 95 on your 486 Aussie?

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