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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Unknown Target on November 07, 2004, 04:27:49 pm

Title: Tracking IPs
Post by: Unknown Target on November 07, 2004, 04:27:49 pm

Is it possible to track someone's IP through AIM? I heard it was possible, how can you?

Title: Tracking IPs
Post by: Knight Templar on November 07, 2004, 04:29:02 pm

Yes. Look around, there's a bot or trick of some sort for it.

Title: Tracking IPs
Post by: Unknown Target on November 07, 2004, 04:39:21 pm

Look around where? :D

Title: Tracking IPs
Post by: Knight Templar on November 07, 2004, 05:12:26 pm

Actually, on second thought, I'm going to change my response to "hell if I know."

I've been looking around for hte last 20 minutes and I can't find anything. I remember looking around for such a program a few years ago though, and I thought I found something but never used it. Guess not.

I'd ask around some AIM forums though.

Title: Tracking IPs
Post by: Liberator on November 07, 2004, 05:27:26 pm

can you get their IP addy?  if so, use TRACERT.

Open a DOS window(run, "command" or "cmd" depending on the windows version)

enter "tracert *single space* IP address"

so to trace the route of, let's say 127.0.0.1, it would be:

tracert 127.0.0.1

This works for .com addresses too if you don't know the IP, but you have to enter the whole address.

tracert http://www.google.com

I forget exactly what the primary use for it is.  I think it's used by Network Admins to localize where an error is occuring in the network.

Title: Tracking IPs
Post by: Corsair on November 07, 2004, 05:36:44 pm

www.imchaos.com
puts a link in your profile and tracks who clicks on it.

Title: Tracking IPs
Post by: Windrunner on November 07, 2004, 05:51:40 pm

i know that there is a sniffer for icq, that tracks which webpages you visit, but never heard of ip tracking in AIM

Title: Tracking IPs
Post by: Stealth on November 07, 2004, 06:26:58 pm

well if you can get the person to direct connect to you, then you can find out their ip for sure, but otherwise, i dunno... it'd be hard because they're going through the AIM server, which is coordinating all the connections, trying to be "safe", so you'll probably get to the AIM server IP, and nothing else :-/

Title: Tracking IPs
Post by: an0n on November 07, 2004, 07:28:17 pm

AIM is, for all intents and purposes (for you people anyway), unsnoopable.

The only way you can **** with it and find **** out about people is to have them open a file-transfer connection or some other direct-link with you and check your own connections, or to use an exploit to directly **** with the bugs in their client.

Title: Tracking IPs
Post by: Stealth on November 07, 2004, 09:43:54 pm

yup.

it's pretty fool-proof.  the only way to get someone's IP over AIM (that i know of, and apparently an0n agrees with me) would be to have them click something.  click a link in your profile, open a file or direct connection, etc.

if you DO get some sort of direct connection going, then start -> command -> netstat -n .  look for the one with port 4443.

if you can get them to click a link, then go winsock and VB. there's actually a bunch you can do if you get them to click a link, rather simple.

Title: Tracking IPs
Post by: an0n on November 07, 2004, 10:02:29 pm

If you know them, the easiest thing to do is to IM them with:

"OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!! ----> http://forum.domain.com/whereyouhave/modstatus/showthread.php?threadid=123456789 (http://forum.blah.com/whereyou/mod/thread.php?threadid=123456789)"

Then check the Guest IP's on the Who's Online for people viewing that thread.

I do it all the time to tards on IRC.

Title: Tracking IPs
Post by: Stealth on November 08, 2004, 12:28:24 am

that'd work.

there's many, many ways to do it if you can get them to click a link ;)

Title: Tracking IPs
Post by: Unknown Target on November 08, 2004, 09:18:12 am

Thanks all :) That IMchaos site looks like it has something to do it easy with, but the problem is you need an invitation code to register....can anyone help me out in this regard?

EDIT: And does it work for Yahoo, as well?

Title: Tracking IPs
Post by: Stealth on November 08, 2004, 10:04:42 am

I don't think that IMchaos will actually give you the IP of whoever clicked your profile or link or whatever... it's most likely just going to give you their screenname.

Title: Tracking IPs
Post by: Unknown Target on November 08, 2004, 10:07:55 am

the demo actually shows that you can find someone's IP/Location.
Witness:

http://www.imchaos.com/link/example/

But I haven't quite figured this out: Do I need to register, or can I just use the Linkspy thingy on the left?

Title: Tracking IPs
Post by: kasperl on November 08, 2004, 10:32:32 am

I assume that this is for completely legal purposes only?

Title: Tracking IPs
Post by: Unknown Target on November 08, 2004, 12:10:57 pm

Yes.

Title: Tracking IPs
Post by: Stealth on November 08, 2004, 02:58:56 pm

Quote

Originally posted by Unknown Target
the demo actually shows that you can find someone's IP/Location.

ahh but note that to find their IP you have to make them click a link, and i said that was possible (easily possible) a few posts up ;)

Title: Tracking IPs
Post by: Kosh on November 08, 2004, 04:31:59 pm

I'm suprised this thread hasn't been locked yet..........

Title: Tracking IPs
Post by: Corsair on November 08, 2004, 04:33:02 pm

Why? If he's doing it for legit reasons, there's no harm. Plus, it's not like it's hard to do.

Title: Tracking IPs
Post by: Kosh on November 09, 2004, 12:41:43 am

Bittorrent can be used for legit reasons, yet when I made a thread asking something very generalized about it, the thread was locked.

That is why I wonder why this thread hasn't been locked yet.

Title: Tracking IPs
Post by: an0n on November 09, 2004, 08:57:46 am

Bec4use t3h adm1ns PH34R da hax0rzz!!!!111