Anyone know of a free IP address tracking program?

[OldLeftieLawyer]

I've got this website, and I get a summary of all the IPs of the people who hit the site, but I'd like to know more about them.

So, I've been looking for something, but the professional programs are 'way out of my league, far too much program for me.

A freebie would be nice.

Thanks in advance.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Sam Spade.

http://www.samspade.org/ssw/

[OldLeftieLawyer]

20. Jeez...........

That took about - what - a minute?

Your name still makes me want to dance, and thank you very much for this. And that.

[lonestarnot]

2. hhhmmmm you planning to launch your on rendition of Nat'l ID act?

[OldLeftieLawyer]

21. Look,

I can already see you. I see your family. Your cars. Your dog. (Did you know your dog's pregnant?) The cat's not around. Don't forget to pick up the drycleaning. The back door's unlocked.

Get rid of the Swiss cheese in the back of the fridge. It's been there too long.

Naw, just curious about where the people who come to my site are coming from. The hits seem to be from all over the world, and I'm just curious.

Your dog needs to go for a walk.

[lonestarnot]

41. 5 dogs... hate swiss cheese, don't dry clean much, cats are always around

The unlocked back door on the other hand is guarded by my insurance premium increasing vicious man eating jack Russel terrier LOL Enjoyed your post as always. PS return the software, and ask the psychic for a refund.

[nittygritty]

3. here ya go:

http://www.all-nettools.com/toolbox

[OldLeftieLawyer]

22. Thank you very much

DUers are the most amazing people .................

[libnnc]

4. question from a non-techie

how much info can you get from someones IP address?

[lonestarnot]

5. Wow more than one snoopie on this thread.... I hope not much!

[libnnc]

6. i want to know what people know about me

when I visit their sites :P

[lonestarnot]

7. Well when you find out, p.m. me and thanks, not a techie either or a tutu

or a chuchu or a boo boo or a hudoo or a mambo ...nope not ...not none of dat.

[ConsAreLiars]

11. Go to this site

http://www.grc.com/default.htm
and scroll down to the "Shields Up!" link. It may tell you something about you that don't want to show. Advice on fixes, as well.

[lonestarnot]

14. hughhh uggghhhh....no snoop'n don't care what they say about me.

[Berserker]

35. Example

Host Name: lms.laspbs.state.fl.us
IP Address: 204.115.188.46
Country: United States
Region: Florida
City: Tallahassee
ISP: Executive Office Of The Governor
Visit Length: 6 mins 55 secs
The type of browser and operating system used to access site:
Date and time you access the site:
If you linked to the site from another site, the address of that Web site:

And they can tell what you are clicking on and reading.

Here is a great tool for lookups: http://www.dnsstuff.com/

[AP]

10. Hopefully, it's just info like how long you spent on the site and

how many pages you looked at.

But I bet some cookies let people know what other sites you visit and other crazy stuff like that.

[Selatius]

12. You can get a fairly good idea of where the person is located

That's one thing.

There are programs that can allow you to see which servers you are connecting to, and most likely the server is within your town or the town over from you. If you have legal authority like the Department of Homeland Security, you can subpoena the owner of that server, most likely your ISP, to find out which household was using that particular IP address at a particular time. Voila, you've been identified.

It's not always that easy. Some mask their IP address using proxy servers.

[RebelOne]

34. This is a good one for finding where someone is located.

http://headertool.apelord.com/

[TheWraith]

19. Well, just from your IP, not a lot.

They can find out the service provider that the IP belongs to, and possibly the city or region it's in. For instance, suppose you had an IP address that read 10.103.233.29. (Not really a valid address for the internet, but lets pretend.) The domain name for that IP might be greenoaks29.calif.us.servepro.net. That would tell us that they IP is assigned to a customer in Green Oaks, California. Some IPs don't even show this much, or show inaccurate information: I've had IPs that traced to Georgia and Maryland, neither of which I've ever lived in.

Now, if someone has your IP, it's possible to go farther for information, such as trying to scan your home PC. Do check out the GRC.com website and the Shields Up! utility. For safety, you really should have a firewall and an antivirus program. Without one or both, you'd have no way of knowing if your PC was compromised. And, if your seekers have official standing (FBI), then they could probably get your ISP to turn over your identity, since the ISP knows who is attached to what address.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

23. Nothing, really

For me, I just want to know where they're located - if that's possible.

And credit card numbers. Stuff like that.

[Todd B]

8. try MaxMind - they have a simple, free version as well.

Have you tried MaxMind GeoIP Free? It is a simpler version of their commercial package, but it might be handy for obtaining the basics.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

24. Thank you

Utterly amazing, what goes on here when I ask a question. It's so cool......

[ConsAreLiars]

9. My ISP (Speakeasy) suggests this site

http://www.dnsstuff.com/

Should answer the questions you have today and also the questions you might have tomorrow.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

25. I like your optimism

As if I've ever taken tomorrow for granted....

Thank you very much for this.

[pk_du]

13. www.whois.sc is pretty good and free signup too.... n/t

[OldLeftieLawyer]

26. I tried that one

I got really confused.

(OldLeftie ain't that bright ..............)

Thank you very much.

[cloudythescribbler]

15. what IS your website -- maybe we would be interested in it

cloudy -- tell us a little about your website -- maybe it would interest some at DU.

[lonestarnot]

16. Hmmmm don't tell him leftie...

[OldLeftieLawyer]

27. For a small donation

Something simple, not even five figures, I'll tell you.

Hey, I'm OldLeftieLawyer. What do you think? I give away stuff for free?

Oh, wait. I do.

But not that site, sorry. :)

[lonestarnot]

32. LOL

[Princess Turandot]

17. You can also use the network solutions webpage..

http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/whois/index.jhtml

It searches across all 'whois' databases. Sometimes other 'whois' functions don't do that.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

28. Oh, good!

Maybe I'll understand this one. whois really confused me when I first saw it.

Thank you so much.

[ConfuZed]

18. Try GeoBytes

http://geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm?GetLocation&ipaddress=

[OldLeftieLawyer]

29. Thank you very much

The best people on earth come to DU.

Thank you. How kind.

[entanglement]

30. Absolutely the best tool for the job

Superscan 4.0 for Windows, yup it's a 'barely legal' tool and extremely powerful for all kinds of things including port-scanning

http://www.foundstone.com/index.htm?subnav=resources/navigation.htm&subcontent=/resources/proddesc/superscan.htm

:smoke: :smoke: :smoke:

[OldLeftieLawyer]

31. Am I gonna get busted for this one?

This is interesting - thank you very much...................

[entanglement]

33. You're a lawyer, aren't you?

You shouldn't worry about getting busted :P

[OldLeftieLawyer]

36. Yeah, but I'm not a very good one

Why do you think we call it "practicing law"?

;)

[entanglement]

37. LOL

But its better than having a doctor 'practicing' medicine on you, isn't it? :D

[OldLeftieLawyer]

39. Oh, yeah

When we screw up, you only go to prison or lose everything you've ever owned or cherished. Sometimes you get executed, but that doesn't happen too often.

Doctors screw up, you're pushing up daisies.................

[Berserker]

38. entanglement Im sure he is not interested in

this type of program.
This is first and foremost a tool for network administrators. Do not attempt to use this program against computers on the Internet that you have no right to scan since you are highly likely to be tracked down and attract the attention of your ISP, possibly resulting in your account being terminated.
http://www.foundstone.com/

[entanglement]

40. Oh that kinda thing happens only if you do 'hostile' scanning

Plus you don't need to use its port scanner at all, there's a lot of other useful network tools (whois, ping, nslookup, traceroute) bundled in as well.