What can somone do with my ip address?
First off hello! I'm just getting into this stuff so yes I'm a newbster. I'm going to school for networking but I'm trying to learn all this security, hacking stuff on the side. I have done a lot of reading on this site and its been great reading, I have learned alot from this site alone.
Anywas I like to play online games (quake3 my favorite) and I always get some punk kid threating me, with crap like I got your ip address I'm going to crash your computer haha. Should I be alarmed, can a person do nasty things to my pc with my ip address?
Re: What can somone do with my ip address?
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Originally posted by jiffy
First off hello! I'm just getting into this stuff so yes I'm a newbster. I'm going to school for networking but I'm trying to learn all this security, hacking stuff on the side. I have done a lot of reading on this site and its been great reading, I have learned alot from this site alone.
Anywas I like to play online games (quake3 my favorite) and I always get some punk kid threating me, with crap like I got your ip address I'm going to crash your computer haha. Should I be alarmed, can a person do nasty things to my pc with my ip address?
Oh, and just something to add...
For most online games with servers, like Quake, Half Life, Tribes, etc., other players usually can't get your IP address, unless they have some sort of control over the server, if they are an admin on the server you are on, for instance. As for Yahoo games, I think a similar thing applies.
Some things aren't as secure, such as IRC, where anyone can see anyone's IP address, or ICQ, which works in such a way that you can get the IP info.
A list of online port scanners
OK, here's a list of online port scanners aka. services you use to check how secure you are:
http://www.linux-sec.net/Audit/nmap.test.gwif.html
Someone could also find/do a list of those "hack me!" servers!
-ZeroOne :cool:
Re: Lots of the usual :-)
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Originally posted by freon
Well, it doesn't. There are no such things as "hacker ethics," any more than there are "bus driver ethics," or "park warden ethics."
well, you see its not hacker ethics as much as THE hacker ethic as defined as
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:hacker ethic, the: n. 1. The belief that information-sharing
is a powerful positive good, and that it is an ethical duty of
hackers to share their expertise by writing free software and
facilitating access to information and to computing resources
wherever possible. 2. The belief that system-cracking for fun and
exploration is ethically OK as long as the cracker commits no
theft, vandalism, or breach of confidentiality.
Both of these normative ethical principles are widely, but by no
means universally, accepted among hackers. Most hackers subscribe
to the hacker ethic in sense 1, and many act on it by writing and
giving away free software. A few go further and assert that
*all* information should be free and *any* proprietary
control of it is bad; this is the philosophy behind the {GNU}
project.
Sense 2 is more controversial: some people consider the act of
cracking itself to be unethical, like breaking and entering. But
the belief that `ethical' cracking excludes destruction at least
moderates the behavior of people who see themselves as `benign'
crackers (see also {samurai}). On this view, it may be one of
the highest forms of hackerly courtesy to (a) break into a system,
and then (b) explain to the sysop, preferably by email from a
{superuser} account, exactly how it was done and how the hole
can be plugged -- acting as an unpaid (and unsolicited) {tiger
team}.
The most reliable manifestation of either version of the hacker
ethic is that almost all hackers are actively willing to share
technical tricks, software, and (where possible) computing
resources with other hackers. Huge cooperative networks such as
{Usenet}, {FidoNet} and Internet (see {Internet address})
can function without central control because of this trait; they
both rely on and reinforce a sense of community that may be
hackerdom's most valuable intangible asset.
this is the type of thing he is refering to(i think). where the "hacker ethic" can be distilled down to exploring but not harming.
dont worry your little head
reason I say that is because game sites like MSN and others dont post your IP if you are running a game. I know this because I played Rouge Spear and the IP shows up as my own not the host of the game. Another thing is if he is makeing threats just report him to the web master he will most likely boot his ass. Also if you are really worried about this just download something like zone alarm found at www.zonelabs.com or tiny firewall or blackice. these will surely kill most attemps to hack your system.
another note: it is illegal for any site to give out your IP address.
