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Computer forensics: Tracking an offender


InformIT
12.10.2002
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Did you know there are many ways in which you can legally prosecute intruders with the evidence you uncover while tracking them? This excerpt from an InformIT article on tracking cyber criminals also provides a nice list of resources for pairing an actual identity with a numeric IP address.


Web resources for researching Internet inhabitants

International Registries

Three international organizations are responsible for the adminis



tration of IP addresses within their region, so they should be considered definitive sources. Each of these organizations has a Web site that provides a whois interface, in addition to other information helpful in locating the owner of a specific IP address:

Network diagnostic and research sites

News and e-mail abuse information


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