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Coyotl

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35. Web servers produce log files that admins can store.

Sun Oct 6, 2013, 11:31 AM

Oct 2013

The output of an error log looks like this:

Sun Sep 01 17:40:33 2013 error client 66.249.73.122 File does not exist: /data/16/1/13/162/1339814/user/..../htdocs/net/get

This kind of info allows admins to detect problems, such as who is trying to hack you and who is running a DOS attack, etc. It also is how site stats are produced.

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Is there any way for DU to determine multiple names from the same IP address of members? [View all] go west young man Oct 2013 OP

I think they can and do sharp_stick Oct 2013 #1

You can do it yourself if you want to. Coyotl Oct 2013 #21

How can you tell if it is hosted on a server you don't control? Maybe... Logical Oct 2013 #24

You need to have access to a website's log file. Coyotl Oct 2013 #32

OK, that makes sense. Thanks! n-t Logical Oct 2013 #34

"Returning disruptors" are banned very frequently. And IBTL (nt) Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #2

Yes. It's built into the software. onehandle Oct 2013 #3

Bullshit rl6214 Oct 2013 #6

+100 billh58 Oct 2013 #9

+1 coldmountain Oct 2013 #27

I'm certain... Ohio Joe Oct 2013 #4

Just remember... bobGandolf Oct 2013 #5

What if more than one Duer is using an IP address? R. Daneel Olivaw Oct 2013 #7

No, the IP address you would come into DU would be that assigned to the router by you're ISP........ wandy Oct 2013 #8

You are correct. DanTex Oct 2013 #14

I believe that was the point the PP was trying to make. Roland99 Oct 2013 #15

That single public-facing IP can include an entire college campus, for instance Recursion Oct 2013 #25

Or Chicago Public Libraries...thus, "library girl." nt msanthrope Oct 2013 #36

Shhhh!!!! Recursion Oct 2013 #37

And for sure...don't say it 13 times in the dark in front of a mirror. nt msanthrope Oct 2013 #38

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2013 #40

Welcome to DU gopiscrap Oct 2013 #41

Welcome to DU. Great screen name, even if many of our younger members don't get it. Scuba Oct 2013 #44

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2013 #45

Yes DU is able to identify sockpuppet accounts. Avalux Oct 2013 #10

But you have cases where a wife, ... oldhippie Oct 2013 #11

Just said the same thing, bobGandolf Oct 2013 #12

It's your home router that gets the public IP address, not each computer in the house seveneyes Oct 2013 #26

Duh, thanks for correction n/t bobGandolf Oct 2013 #47

Or people using public libraries jsr Oct 2013 #13

hah uppityperson Oct 2013 #28

What is the point of an OP like this,other that to stir shit? sufrommich Oct 2013 #16

You're working with 'them' aren't you The Straight Story Oct 2013 #17

Damn, you got me! sufrommich Oct 2013 #18

Not every question is "shit stirring". go west young man Oct 2013 #20

You're using the passive aggressive "I'm just asking sufrommich Oct 2013 #22

It's a legitimate question. go west young man Oct 2013 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Puglover Oct 2013 #19

self del Skittles Oct 2013 #29

it might catch the lazy ones Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #30

It's utterly trivial for most forum administrators, and often addressed automatically. (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2013 #31

I thought that such tracking by Site Admins was against Internet protocols. WinkyDink Oct 2013 #33

Web servers produce log files that admins can store. Coyotl Oct 2013 #35

I hope it's used just to catch the bad guys! WinkyDink Oct 2013 #46

Two spouses ...one modem ...one ip number ...one's a repuke ...the other is a Dem. L0oniX Oct 2013 #39

don't know arely staircase Oct 2013 #42

Here is an example of what happens........... adavid Oct 2013 #43

what about spouses or roomates using different accounts on the same computer? dionysus Oct 2013 #48