Anyone know how to trace a hidden IP address or masqueraded IP

jonsnow399

jonsnow399

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My isp keeps sending copyright violation warnings because of torrents I downloaded thru a VPN, how the hell can they track that?
 
greg nr

greg nr

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jonsnow399 said:
My isp keeps sending copyright violation warnings because of torrents I downloaded thru a VPN, how the hell can they track that?
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Did you install any free software from your ISP? Security scanner, config utility, or any helper apps to set up your computer?

Do you use their DNS server?

Besides, if you are using Tor, the guvvies defeated that long ago. Lots of pedo's that used tor are in jail.
 
jonsnow399

jonsnow399

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greg nr said:
Did you install any free software from your ISP? Security scanner, config utility, or any helper apps to set up your computer?

Do you use their DNS server?

Besides, if you are using Tor, the guvvies defeated that long ago. Lots of pedo's that used tor are in jail.
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No software, not using Tor. My Vpn tells me I am connected to NY right now and so does IP finder.
 
greg nr

greg nr

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There are a number of ways an isp can know where you go. I mentioned DNS earlier. If you are using their DNS server, and that is the default if you use dhcp, they know every hostname you go to, unless your vpn sw redirects you (not all do).

Why? Well, when you type http://www.msn.com, your computer doesn't have a clue where that is or how to get there. So it used DNS to resolve the hostname to an IP address, and then it can get there. The DNS server can log all translations to a source IP address (you). Your vpn is on the other side of that lookup. Once your computer has an IP, it goes to your vpn server, not before.

Also, if they present and you accept a proxy server for http and https connects (again, can be default setting), they will see where you go.

A good vpn should mask where you go. Should. But, you have to know how things work. As clever as you think you are, there are more clever people watching you.

And watching you they are. What makes people lucky is that in most cases, nobody is paying attention. But if they look, they can see.

ps - there are public dns servers. just google it. in fact, google has one, @ 8.8.8.8. ;)
 
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jonsnow399

jonsnow399

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greg nr said:
There are a number of ways an isp can know where you go. I mentioned DNS earlier. If you are using their DNS server, and that is the default if you use dhcp, they know every hostname you go to, unless your vpn sw redirects you (not all do).

Why? Well, when you type http://www.msn.com, your computer doesn't have a clue where that is or how to get there. So it used DNS to resolve the hostname to an IP address, and then it can get there. The DNS server can log all translations to a source IP address (you). Your vpn is on the other side of that lookup. Once your computer has an IP, it goes to your vpn server, not before.

Also, if they present and you accept a proxy server for http and https connects (again, can be default setting), they will see where you go.

A good vpn should mask where you go. Should. But, you have to know how things work. As clever as you think you are, there are more clever people watching you.

And watching you they are. What makes people lucky is that in most cases, nobody is paying attention. But if they look, they can see.

ps - there are public dns servers. just google it. in fact, google has one, @ 8.8.8.8. ;)
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I figure the isp does'nt really care, the copyright police watch ip,s on utorrent and report the ip,s so my isp must be connecting that ip with mine.
 
greg nr

greg nr

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In thinking about it a little further, it's possible you downloaded a file that is sending your info back to the content owner.

If I owned content, one of the things I might do is upload a file onto sharing streams with a song or movie clip, but which also had a payload in it to send back your ip and other info when played. Pretty sneaky way to id someone who is downloading a bunch of my stuff without paying for it.

And if I were a state (as in country) intelligence agency, I would probably open (or compromise from within) an ISP service, or several of them. That way I could see who comes in and where they go. I'd probably figure that people who want to hide their identities are people I'd want to know more about.

Just musing of course. All hypothetical.
 
jonsnow399

jonsnow399

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greg nr said:
In thinking about it a little further, it's possible you downloaded a file that is sending your info back to the content owner.

If I owned content, one of the things I might do is upload a file onto sharing streams with a song or movie clip, but which also had a payload in it to send back your ip and other info when played. Pretty sneaky way to id someone who is downloading a bunch of my stuff without paying for it.

And if I were a state (as in country) intelligence agency, I would probably open (or compromise from within) an ISP service, or several of them. That way I could see who comes in and where they go. I'd probably figure that people who want to hide their identities are people I'd want to know more about.

Just musing of course. All hypothetical.
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Yeh, i used to hack Satellite TV (not really, I was a script kiddie) the security people for DirectTv were pretty nasty. They were always sending updates to screw up the latest hacks. Once it wiped out chips. I got lucky and wasn't hooked up at that time.
 
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