Comments on: Is IP hacking THIS easy?! http://www.danlprice.co.uk/2007/11/15/is-ip-hacking-this-easy/ Weblog of a cyber-geek Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:17:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: John http://www.danlprice.co.uk/2007/11/15/is-ip-hacking-this-easy/#comment-76 John Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:20:39 +0000 http://www.danlprice.co.uk/2007/11/15/is-ip-hacking-this-easy/#comment-76 I know. ;-( I had free hosting from a friend who disappeared, and I'm not really sure what's up. I'm thinking about getting a WordPress hosted blog, because I really enjoy it, but what I'd really like is to find a good Windows host that isn't super expensive and run an ASP.NET 3.0 blog. Anyway, WikiPedia makes it pretty clear they'll leave your IP address in their edit logs, but I suppose they don't tell you what that could mean. You can create a free account to shield your network address if you choose to. They have a bot that scans the latest changes page to revert vandalism, so I guess it would be pretty easy for someone to make another bot that does the same thing but grabs IP addresses and puts them in a database. But then do you think it would be easier to just make up 4 random numbers between 0 and 255, then string them together? I know. ;-( I had free hosting from a friend who disappeared, and I’m not really sure what’s up. I’m thinking about getting a WordPress hosted blog, because I really enjoy it, but what I’d really like is to find a good Windows host that isn’t super expensive and run an ASP.NET 3.0 blog.

Anyway, WikiPedia makes it pretty clear they’ll leave your IP address in their edit logs, but I suppose they don’t tell you what that could mean. You can create a free account to shield your network address if you choose to.

They have a bot that scans the latest changes page to revert vandalism, so I guess it would be pretty easy for someone to make another bot that does the same thing but grabs IP addresses and puts them in a database. But then do you think it would be easier to just make up 4 random numbers between 0 and 255, then string them together?

]]> By: Dan http://www.danlprice.co.uk/2007/11/15/is-ip-hacking-this-easy/#comment-75 Dan Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:28:38 +0000 http://www.danlprice.co.uk/2007/11/15/is-ip-hacking-this-easy/#comment-75 Yes it does tell them it will leave their IP address behind, but it doesn't warn them that this could potentially be seen by lots of random people, including hackers. By the way John, your site always seems to be down these days Yes it does tell them it will leave their IP address behind, but it doesn’t warn them that this could potentially be seen by lots of random people, including hackers.

By the way John, your site always seems to be down these days

]]> By: John http://www.danlprice.co.uk/2007/11/15/is-ip-hacking-this-easy/#comment-74 John Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:02:26 +0000 http://www.danlprice.co.uk/2007/11/15/is-ip-hacking-this-easy/#comment-74 Wikipedia actually <i>does</i> inform users who edit articles that their IP address will be made public, and gives them a fairly easy way to opt out. I really am not a fan of most wiki policies, but I have to say if you look at it from their POV, they want <i>some</i> level of accountability so people don't go typing random crud into their articles. Of course, leaving an IP addy behind doesn't seem to stop people, and most of them don't even realize what that <b>means</b>. But as a former wiki editor, I wanted to point that out. Wikipedia actually does inform users who edit articles that their IP address will be made public, and gives them a fairly easy way to opt out. I really am not a fan of most wiki policies, but I have to say if you look at it from their POV, they want some level of accountability so people don’t go typing random crud into their articles. Of course, leaving an IP addy behind doesn’t seem to stop people, and most of them don’t even realize what that means.

But as a former wiki editor, I wanted to point that out.

]]> By: James Lewitzke http://www.danlprice.co.uk/2007/11/15/is-ip-hacking-this-easy/#comment-73 James Lewitzke Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:49:33 +0000 http://www.danlprice.co.uk/2007/11/15/is-ip-hacking-this-easy/#comment-73 I'm glad I never edited any wikipedia articles :). Although there are other ways to discover IP's, like being a forum admin, you have access to anyone's, guests or members, IP's that way, but I'd never use them for malicious purposes. I’m glad I never edited any wikipedia articles :).

Although there are other ways to discover IP’s, like being a forum admin, you have access to anyone’s, guests or members, IP’s that way, but I’d never use them for malicious purposes.

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