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it depends on your setup.
Are you using a router?
Is your ip wan ip static or dynamic?
if it is dynamic... and you are directly connected... and using a m$ based OS...
ipconfig /release all
ipconfig /renew all
if you are using a router, you will have to login the router and release / renew it there.
if you have a static ip address... then no, you have to contact your ISP to get a new ip address.
Thanx I did'nt even know it was possible to change your IP. But this is a question that goes along with the whole IP thing.
Is it possible to scan someones IP?
If so how?
Why would anyone want to scan your IP?
THanx......B-Wolf
1.yes...Quote:
Is it possible to scan someones IP?
If so how?
Why would anyone want to scan your IP?
2.use a port scanner like nmap or blues or many of the hundreds out there.
3.to find open ports either to help secure your box... or to try to break your box. they basically scan for services running on your ports then find vulns and exploit them to gain access to your PC.
search the newbie security forum... there is quite a bit about it on this site already.
I find on my broadband subscription, you can perform an IP renewal all day and still get the same IP each time. They are mostly static.
I have dsl and its PPPoE dynamic ip and dnsQuote:
I find on my broadband subscription, you can perform an IP renewal all day and still get the same IP each time. They are mostly static.
almost everyone I know with cable is static.
TO: phishphreek80
HOw do you know if you are running a static or dynamic or wan? And are there wayz of stopping people from scanning your IP?
THanx......B-Wolf
you know if you are static if you always have the same ip address.Quote:
Originally posted here by blue_wolf
TO: phishphreek80
HOw do you know if you are running a static or dynamic or wan? And are there wayz of stopping people from scanning your IP?
THanx......B-Wolf
you know you are dynamic if you reboot your modem/router and get a new ip address.
(NOTE: there are many different scenarios that this can be false... but generally in a broadband scenario it is true)
wan = wide area network
lan = local area network
on a router, there are two ips normally (but can be more) wan (internet) and lan (private network)
the wan ip is the ip that people see when you connect to a website or any other service
lan is the ips that you assign on your local area network
you can't stop people from scanning you unless you just don't turn on your computer or don't connect to the internet.
the best thing you can do is to secure your computers/network
Many ISPs use a pretty long DHCP lease time. That is why you can release/renew your IP all day long and still have the same IP adress. You need to have your IP released for a period of time longer than the DHCP lease time to get a new IP.
Thanx phishphreek80 man ur really good at this stuff...And not to mention you have a really cool computer...I hope someday I can be as good at u with the whole security stuff.
Goodbye AO....My bedtime..
sorry , i don't know
Wait one more befor I go....lol
Is it possiblr to hide your IP ...Like for instance when i go to a websit and I don't want them to c it...I saw this on a website once but I did'nt really understand it...
THanx......B-Wolf
there are alot of software u can hide yr address. ....................find out
The easiest way to hide your IP when surfing the web is probably to use some kind of anonymizer proxy. There are plenty of those around. Google is your friend. :)
no problem. I wouldn't say I'm good with "the whole security stuff" I just read and play alot.Quote:
Thanx phishphreek80 man ur really good at this stuff...And not to mention you have a really cool computer...I hope someday I can be as good at u with the whole security stuff.
yes, by going through annonymous proxies. search the site, there is quite a few posts about that... both the pros and the cons.Quote:
Is it possiblr to hide your IP ...Like for instance when i go to a websit and I don't want them to c it...
From a security POV.. there is mostly cons. (especially if there are uids and pwds involved... anyone you proxy though can capture it and they will have your info.)
firedevil1982:If you don't know, then why would you reply saying so? Why not just move on until someone posts who does know and then read it?Quote:
sorry, i don't know
Then you would know, wouldn't you?
Releasing and renewing your DHCP lease won't help on many configurations.
DHCP servers typically remember what IP address machines had, even after their lease expires or is released, and give the machine the same IP back again unless it's been used by something else.
Also when they encounter a new device, they assign it the IP that's been the least recently used by anything else, therefore minimising the changes in IP number.
There are however, some DHCP servers (particularly on cable), which essentially reverse the logic, and try to change IPs as often as they're allowed to. However it doesn't seem that mine is one of those, I've had the same IP for months.
A little "social engineering" at my local cable company has revealed something of interest. Seems they have DHCP "issues" and can't handle more than a few clients processing a renewal at the same time. So even though they are set to be dynamic, in reality they are not at all. "But don't tell anyone", he said. :p