How do you retrieve information about an IP address (like who is the owner)

[mihai11]

I am using this service:

www.ripe.net

but unfortunately it fails to provide information for a lot of IPs. Is there anything better ?



Regards,
Razvan M.

[Attilitus]

Have a gripe with someone over the internet?

[G0F0RBR0KE]

I am using this service:

www.ripe.net

but unfortunately it fails to provide information for a lot of IPs. Is there anything better ?



Regards,
Razvan M.

Hopefully you're not using this to do a search on ur forum members IP.

[MPDev]

Hopefully you're not using this to do a search on ur forum members IP.

It is certainly within his right if he chose to do so.

[mihai11]

Not at all !

I've just run into this problem:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=152631


I am trying to protect myself the best I can.

For 2 IP addresses I got the e-mail of the net owner and I sent them e-mail complaining about the hack attempt.

[G0F0RBR0KE]

It is certainly within his right if he chose to do so.

Actually, you can't unless you have a policy stating that you have all rights to do a search on their IP for future reference.

Since he has a valueable reason, than he can get helps from me.

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=172234 how to secure your forum.

To block those IP, I suggest you put them in the .htaccess

[mihai11]

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=172234


There are good adviced in this thread. I already follow most of the advices, but not all - like protecting the admincp panel with a ".htaccess" file. I will do it ASAP.

[G0F0RBR0KE]

I have my ACP and MCP (moderator CP) with password protected.

[quiklink]

Actually, you can't unless you have a policy stating that you have all rights to do a search on their IP for future reference.

What exactly makes you believe this?

[TruthElixirX]

What exactly makes you believe this?

Aye, its freely available information and PCs broadcast it. Please show laws and how they apply to X countries/states/provinces/territories.

[RedTyger]

I use http://www.dnsstuff.com/ which unfortunately just went corporate so you don't get many searches per day, but it's still excellent.

[quiklink]

Aye, its freely available information and PCs broadcast it. Please show laws and how they apply to X countries/states/provinces/territories.

And every web server records it for the very purpose of being able to trace it.

[mihai11]

I use http://www.dnsstuff.com/ which unfortunately just went corporate so you don't get many searches per day, but it's still excellent.

Indeed, this is better than ripe.net. Thank you.

I just found out from where is the guy that sent most of the requests attempting to crack my server - he is from Mumbai, India.

[biggeorge]

I would suggest using the only real source for IP allocation information... ARIN
http://www.arin.net