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IP Address Helps In Identifying The Location Of The User |
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| Date Added: April 01, 2010 03:13:48 PM | |
| Author: Filippo Sat | |
| Category: Computers: Internet | |
Internet users usually come across the term called IP (Internet Protocol) address which is the unique numeric provided to the computer networks employed by the users for any online communication. It can easily help in tracing the user location on the computer network using Internet Protocol communication to send or receive any information. What is an IP address? An IP address is the specific numerical label assigned to all the computer devices that participate in a particular computer network and use the internet protocol for any communication between them selves. It is a 32-bit number that is unique for various computer networks but similar for all the devices in a particular network In order to locate your IP address on the IP lookup, you first need to define it for all your network computer devices. There are various online tools that can help you track the IP address of an email sender. You can simply type my IP in the search engine box to know your IP address. If you are receiving a lot of Spam emails in your computer system, then this might be a way to know your location by the email sender. By doing a reverse search for the Spam email that you receive, you can also track the IP address of the sender and know his location. However, in case the sender has used a proxy server to hide his IP address, then you will land up getting the fake address used by the sender and his real IP address will not be shown. Many people resort to anonymous proxy server usage to hide their real internet protocol address for security reasons. There are basically two types of Internet Protocol addresses – static and dynamic. An Internet Protocol address is always written as four decibel numbers separated by numbers. Eight bits are depicted by each number in the IP address. Every internet protocol address is divided into two parts. The first part represents the network while the second part indicates the identity of the device. Moreover, if a person wishes to hide his IP address, then he cannot connect to the other computer devices operating on the network. It is for this reason that not every server offers the feature of hiding your IP address The easy way of tracking an IP address is a much talked about topic for internet security reasons as they can easily attract hackers to hack any computer network by using their expert hacking tricks once they find your IP address. Many people thus tend to use proxy servers to hide their real IP address for internet security reasons as this provides the options of fire walling and data privacy. To know your IP address and network details you can use, an IP lookup service on the net. |
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