Re: Conceal Identity



Why would you want to SPAM this person?

Rob wrote:
Thanks once again!!

So now I can google and find a particular poster by his email address, IP or
something else, how could I automatically post a standard reply to every
post he makes in a newsgroup?


"N. Miller" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:11l8hvbrv29go$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 13:44:22 -0400, Rob wrote:

"N. Miller" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1ksiw2i9uyfzd.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 23:13:54 -0400, Rob wrote:

"N. Miller" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:lmfeauxy7e7q$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:47:27 -0400, Rob wrote:

Every post I make to newsgroups is being maliciously tracked by a
certain individual. I then receive pornographic email at home. Is
there a way to conceal one's identity completely (headers) when
posting to a newsgroup using Outlook Express 6.0?

MS Outlook Express has little to do with what shows up in some header
lines. While you can control the name and email address, you can't
control the IP address. The server you connect to sees your IP
address,
and either adds it, or not, depending upon how it is configured. That
is up to the NNTP server administrator.

Consider your posting headers:

NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:47:25 -0500
From: Rob <emasil@xxxxxxxxx>
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138
X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198
Message-ID: <FaqdnRdkE8pz1fDVnZ2dnUVZ_sPinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.181.89.216

Those are some of the lines I would use to search on. You have control
over line 2. MSOE controls line 3. Your NNTP provider controls the
rest.

So ......

You say you would search on certain lines in a header ....
Are lines 4 to end unique to me and identify me in all my posts?

Line 2 uniquely identifies you in all posts made using MS Outlook
Express
as you have configured it for posting in this news group.

Line 8 *may* also uniquely identify you, if Fibernet assigns it
statically
to your account.

Line 6 uniquely identifies the particular post you made; from which I
can
deduce that you use Earthlink as an ISP.

Together, lines 6, 7, and 8 identify with whom you have Internet
service,
and NNTP service.

There are some NNTP services which don't display your NNTP Posting IP
address; but most do add something in the headers by which a reader can
classify a poster to some degree, or other.

I noticed something else this evening .................
I watched as Norton Antivirus scanned my HD tonight. VAV identified
whay
it called a "Tracking Cookie". Could this possibly be something this
"character" is using to track my posts to newsgroups?

No. There are no cookies used on NNTP servers accessed by news clients,
such as MS Outlook Express. Cookies are used between web browsers and
servers, and would only affect your news group reading if you accessed
news groups through a web service, such as Google Groups.
Line 8 *may* also uniquely identify you, if Fibernet assigns it
statically
to your account.>

How do I do a search on newsgroup headers? Specifically, how would I
search
Line 8 of all posts to find 64.181.89.216?

Can't be done in MS Outlook Express.

Another question ......
What is "Fibernet"?

Owner of your IP address:

07/06/08 13:55:08 dns 64.181.89.216
nslookup 64.181.89.216
Canonical name: ip-64-181-89-216.elnk.wvfibernet.net
Addresses:
64.181.89.216

And...

07/06/08 13:55:14 IP Block 64.181.89.216
Trying 64.181.89.216 at ARIN
Trying 64.181.89 at ARIN
FiberNet of West Virginia WVFIBERNET-NET8 (NET-64-181-0-0-1)
64.181.0.0 - 64.181.127.255
Fibernet of WV INT-64-181-80-0-PORTMANAGER-NET1 (NET-64-181-80-0-1)
64.181.80.0 - 64.181.95.255

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2008-07-05 19:10
# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.

Finally...

07/06/08 14:01:41 whois !NET-64-181-0-0-1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

whois -h whois.arin.net !net-64-181-0-0-1 ...

OrgName: FiberNet of West Virginia
OrgID: FTNE
Address: 211 Leon Sullivan Way
City: Charleston
StateProv: WV
PostalCode: 25301
Country: US

Apparently this service:

http://www.wvfibernet.net/

I would guess that they are your ISP.

Can I Google on an IP? If Yes, how?

You can just plug the IP address into the Google search bar. By itself,
the
results could be ambiguous. You can refine the results by combining the
search with other keywords.

--
Norman
~Shine, bright morning light,
~now in the air the spring is coming.
~Sweet, blowing wind,
~singing down the hills and valleys.

.



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