help please

k0v3n4nt · Post by **k0v3n4nt** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:24 pm

I downloaded the evaluation version of iptools recently. i've recently been getting harrassed through yahoo messenger by a couple individuals. when i use iptools to monitor ips i type them into an ip tracer and all i get are the ips for the yahoo servers themselves. is it possible to trace the ip of the actual person? i would like to report these people to yahoo. i block them and they make new names and so on. thank you

-Dave

KS-Soft Europe · Post by **KS-Soft Europe** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:15 am

As I know, Yahoo Messenger (and other instant messengers like ICQ, MSN, etc) uses the following communication scheme: client1 <-> Yahoo server <-> client2. It means you you do not receive message from the person directly, you receive it from Yahoo server. That's why IP-Tools shows you the IP of the Yahoo server. In order to get an IP you need to connect P2P (peer to peer) with someone. However, if he/she has a program that disallows any P2P connections, then you will never get their IP. Also, there are many ways to hide one's true IP.

Regards,
Max

k0v3n4nt · Post by **k0v3n4nt** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:30 am

Thank you very much Max. your post was most informative.

KS-Soft Europe · Post by **KS-Soft Europe** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:34 am

k0v3n4nt wrote:Thank you very much Max. your post was most informative.

You are welcome.

Regards,
Max

kayanat · Post by **kayanat** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:24 am

Hi,
In my free time, I used to chat with peoples. I used website chats, not instant messangers. But I recognize, some same people are coming to me in different nick names and started to scolding me. I want to check them, whether they are same or not.
Is there any IP utility or tool to check their's IP?
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KS-Soft Europe · Post by **KS-Soft Europe** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:08 am

It depends. If chat is hosted on your server, you may "Connection Monitor" feature of IP-Tools to monitor IP-addresses, connected to your server. If you use some public chat, hosted somewhere else, I do not think you will be able to get IP-addresses of people you chat with unless chat provides this information. You may check chat settings or browse google in order to find some plugin or add-on, that show the IP-addresses of buddies. Actually, I do not know how it can help you, because people can use proxies and change IP on regular basis.

Regards,
Max