Alex Noordergraaf chimed in with: > board operator wrote: > > I was wondering if there's any way to trace the geography (actual city or > > state, province etc.) of a person's static IP address. I know that most > > have dynamic (changing) IP's but if I were to somehow obtain their static > > IP, could I then begin an amateur trace to their physical location? > > Try: > http://cello.cs.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/slamm/ip2ll > -Alex Which only reports the address of the administrative office, as reported to WHOIS at the time UIUC was doing this research project - which may or may not have anything to do with the physical location of the device having the IP address. But it's probably as close a starting point as you're going to get. Remember that physical proximity and network connectivity have absolutely nothing to do with each other. Two interfaces on the same physical box may have infinite network distance from each other. Also, many real IP addresses have an indeterminate location. [Which ones? That should be easy to figure out. ;-)] -- Joe Yao jsdyat_private - Joseph S. D. Yao COSPO/OSIS Computer Support EMT-B ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is not an official statement of COSPO policies.
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