question about seeing IP addresses

[August 18th]

it's come to my attention that some forum members (at another forum) are capable of identifying other members' IP addresses and even finding out if that person has an "alias", meaning another user name. in other words they can see it if 2 user names belong to the same person. and these are regular board members, not admins or mods. do any of you know anything about this? because i would like to know how the hell it is possible to do that. just curious. help will be appreciated, thanx.

[jarmo]

It depends on the forum I guess.




/jarmo

[August 18th]

well, the IP address of the poster doesn't show up next to the user name or anything. one person at this forum pretended to be another person at that forum and then someone came in annoucing that "i know who this is", and then proceeded to post the other user name of that person. i'm just curious as to how this could be possible. and no, we're not talking about me.

[GypsySoul]

well, the IP address of the poster doesn't show up next to the user name or anything.

Then I'm pretty sure that the IP address was NOT the source that "someone" used to out the "pretender"?

[August 18th]

well, the IP address of the poster doesn't show up next to the user name or anything.

Then I'm pretty sure that the IP address was NOT the source that "someone" used to out the "pretender"?

yea it could be something else i guess... do you know if there are any ways of seeing someone IP adress by using a special program or anything? this might sound dumb but i'm no computer expert.

[Mr. Dick Purple]

Well I work for a Internet company, and to see IP address you need a program that can comunicate with your server provider. Other commun thing is to make a netstat in a DOS window to verify what IP your friend is using, there are a lot of strategies to see the IP but if you don't want to anyone know your IP you should use a firewall. 
Man i hope people understand this cause is much easier in spanish. 

[August 18th]

Well I work for a Internet company, and to see IP address you need a program that can comunicate with your server provider. Other commun thing is to make a netstat in a DOS window to verify what IP your friend is using, there are a lot of strategies to see the IP but if you don't want to anyone know your IP you should use a firewall.?
Man i hope people understand this cause is much easier in spanish.?

i understood it quite fine, thanx.
so if you're using a firewall, people can't identify your ip address? (unless they are mods or admins)
nice to know, thanx.

[mikegiuliana]

I use to use a thing called stealth surfer that allowed you to visit any forum without having a visable Ip #..

[Axls Locomotive]

i understood it quite fine, thanx.
so if you're using a firewall, people can't identify your ip address? (unless they are mods or admins)
nice to know, thanx.

If you use a firewall it is highly unlikely anyone will be able to see you on the network or internet...

that is until you interact with another computer on a network...ie if you browse the internet, ftp etc your IP address will be collected in any of the visited site's log files. 

if someone posts a message on a forum, you will almost always get an IP address as there has to be interaction between you and the forum

the upshot is that most people have their IP addresses collected by someone when they are browsing

alternatively you can use a proxy server, ie you connect via a specific server on the net which has been set up so that only the IP address of the proxy computer is shown and not your IP address...basically, the proxy server hides your details...there are down sides to using a proxy, like slower browsing etc

there are probably ways to spoof your IP address but thats beyond my knowledge...