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Im trying to figure out if something on Youtube is Viral Marketing and I know the guy posting it but I dont know how to get an IP Address from a member of a Website. I know how to get the IP Address of a Website though, but that doesnt help any. I want to know if there in the sane city as the game and some other stuff to figure it all out.
Thanks
[QUOTE=burkey;**062]Im trying to figure out if something on Youtube is Viral Marketing and I know the guy posting it but I dont know how to get an IP Address from a member of a Website. I know how to get the IP Address of a Website though, but that doesnt help any. I want to know if there in the sane city as the game and some other stuff to figure it all out.
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Websites don't display user information such as IP addresses to anyone except administrators (or moderators, on a forum). To get users' IP addresses, you have to get them to take an action that shares this information with you.
The easiest way is to set up a temporary website and upload a server-side script (PHP, Perl, Python, etc) to log all IP addresses that request that script. Send a link only to your target user, and their current IP address will be logged for you. Remember that this IP address may have been re-allocated to a different ISP subscriber even before you got around to viewing the logs.
After this, you can use this to get the information of that user's ISP:
[url]http://www.ip2location.com/demo.aspx[/url]
ok so how do i do that exactly?
if its too much too explain email me at [email]famous_movie_man@hotmail.com[/email]
thanks. also if it is viral marketing the user would reply to any messages or anything.
[QUOTE=burkey;***2*]ok so how do i do that exactly?
if its too much too explain email me at [email]famous_movie_man@hotmail.com[/email]
thanks. also if it is viral marketing the user would reply to any messages or anything.[/QUOTE]
Try Googling yourself some tutorials on the topic of website-creating, website-administration, browser scripts and server scripts.
[QUOTE=mike*5*;**078][B]Websites don't display user information such as IP addresses to anyone except administrators (or moderators, on a forum)[/B]. To get users' IP addresses, you have to get them to take an action that shares this information with you.
The easiest way is to set up a temporary website and upload a server-side script (PHP, Perl, Python, etc) to log all IP addresses that request that script. Send a link only to your target user, and their current IP address will be logged for you. Remember that this IP address may have been re-allocated to a different ISP subscriber even before you got around to viewing the logs.
After this, you can use this to get the information of that user's ISP:
[url]http://www.ip2location.com/demo.aspx[/url][/QUOTE]
Hi everyone. I have been trying to figure out how a 'member' of a forum figured out someone's IP address through a PM sent to him???. I understand from the above that that is iimpossible, but obviously this guy did and posted that information on the website that he knew this person's IP address. I suspect this 'unethical' person is the web****** of the forum but not sure of it.
I searched this forum for an answer, but i found nothing so wouuld anyone please tell me how is it it possible for a regular member to figure out an IP from a private message.
Thanks. I'm really curious because this member is abusive and I would hate to think that he is the web****** of that site knowing that he has all our private information.
thanks.
[QUOTE=netperson;20472]Hi everyone. I have been trying to figure out how a 'member' of a forum figured out someone's IP address through a PM sent to him???. I understand from the above that that is iimpossible, but obviously this guy did and posted that information on the website that he knew this person's IP address. I suspect this 'unethical' person is the web****** of the forum but not sure of it.
I searched this forum for an answer, but i found nothing so wouuld anyone please tell me how is it it possible for a regular member to figure out an IP from a private message. [/QUOTE]
You can get IP addresses by getting people to click links, embedding images, etc. Or, by being the forum admin/moderator. It's no big deal.
[QUOTE]Thanks. I'm really curious because this member is abusive and I would hate to think that he is the web****** of that site knowing that he has all our private information.
thanks.[/QUOTE]
An IP address is hardly personal. All they can do is find out your ISP. If they can break into your computer remotely, you have bigger problems.
[QUOTE=mike*5*;20476][B]You can get IP addresses by getting people to click links, embedding images, etc. Or, by being the forum admin/moderator. It's no big deal.[/B]
An IP address is hardly personal. All they can do is find out your ISP. If they can break into your computer remotely, you have bigger problems.[/QUOTE]
I know that only mod/admins can but this guy is just a regular member claimed he got someone's IP only t hrough PM. Apparently the person who he got the IP from said he didn't click on anything.....:confused:
IP is not private but considering that this guy is a such a untrustworthy member I would not trust him as admin. So it would safe to assume that he is maybe the admin or it is he's just a regular member who imbedded some images which were clicked on???
Sorry to sound so erratic but I just wanted to have some idea how it is possible for a member to have access to IPs.
[QUOTE=netperson;20477]
IP is not private but considering that this guy is a such a untrustworthy member I would not trust him as admin. So it would safe to assume that he is maybe the admin or it is he's just a regular member who imbedded some images which were clicked on???
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He could be either.