It's _possible_ to lose your IP to someone else. I believe this is more likely for DSL than Cable.
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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