At 21:33 13/03/2007, you wrote:
It's _possible_ to lose your IP to someone else. I believe this is more likely for DSL than Cable.
Sure, but (a) not for a static IP address ? (b) for a dynamic IP address, it would be unlikely that if you lose an IP address, you'd get it back. (c) You wouldn't lose the same IP address on several ocassions to the same culprit?
Regards, Ian
On 3/13/07, Ian Tresman it@knowledge.co.uk wrote:
I'd appreciate some user IP address advice.
My Web site was attacked by someone with an IP address that is used on Wikipedia by someone who has not logged into a personal account. They have suggested that their User IP address may have been compromised.
Is the following accurate:
If their User IP was identified with, for example, a college, then several people could indeed be using the same Wikipedia User IP address.
But if their IP address is identified with a private residential broadband account, then the only ways it could be compromised is:
a. Someone else has access to the same computer b. The home computer has a Trojan giving access to an intruder
Regards, Ian Tresman
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