Re: IP Address Lookups

Hi Jennifer

>In my situation, I used it to track who is doing a
>port scanning on my machine.  It all started when
>a student found out that the ISP is doing an
>illegal port scanning on her machine, it made
>national headlines and the law has changed
>a little since then.


Can you explain what port scanning is? And is this possible on a Mac also?

Thanks,

Lori

>
>Iam also  getting a lot of "Back Orifice" and Port scanning
>on my machine, I captured all these illegal entries using
>a programme called Jammer.  I capture their IP and use
>"WHOIS" to identity the culprit and give them a
>threatening and nasty warning.
>
>Jennfer Appleton
>
>"C. A. Milton" wrote:
>
>>  Molly wrote:
>>
>>  > I'm probably showing what a beginner I am by asking this...
>>  >
>>  > When would one do this?  How is this used?  Should I be doing this?
>>  >
>>  > Molly
>>
>>  Hi Molly,
>>
>>  I use it when trying to determine the origin of a visitor to my site.
>>  My statistics trackers show IP (Internet Protocol) addresses in some
>>  cases for visitors.  I've noticed that sometimes visitors from "dot com"
>>  addresses actually show a "visitor timezone" from overseas -- making me
>>  curious about which country they were actually from.
>>
>>  By the way, thanks to all who responded to my question   :-)
>>
>>  Caryl Milton
>>
>>  Caryl Milton

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