How Do I FIND ANOTHER Persons' IP Address?

Hi, I would like to know hw to track a youtube user's IP. I know it's possible because they say that is how they found Lonelygirl15. I don't know much about this stuff, but i will appreciate any answer. Thanks to those who help.

 

You'd have to have them go to a website of yours which would log their ip. You could use Freewebs to set up a free site, but then you'd need to convince them to go to the site, and you'd need to write a script that would log their ip.

 

thanks so much....those are words i can understand...but is that the ONLY WAY? and if so could you direct me to a site which explains how to make a script that does this?..again thanks for the answer.

 

In short, unless you hack youtube, there is no surefire way for you to get that IP.

 

well i've seen others do this...not hack yt but hack an account AND find ip of a user...

 

Yes, I believe lonelygirl was found because the YouTube people helped...

You could "hack" the YouTube account by guessing the password, hacking the e-mail then resetting the password, etc. but that wouldn't help you get their ip...

 

you mean by brutus?..i know this one guy who went on a rampage hacking a BUNCH of accounts in a week..so idk. but do you know a good site to learn to make the ip logging script you mentioned?

 

I'd suggest using Java's InetAddress. Here is a page on the java site about how it works: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/net/InetAddress.html#getLocalHost()

This just returns the IP value, you'd then need some more code to write this to a file or send it to a server or e-mail. You'd then just put this code in the header of the HTML documents, and host it somewhere, and you're good to go.

 

thanks seb you're alot of help...last time i asked a tech question nobody answered HAHA. nooooowwwwwww do you know how to use an ip address for MALICIOUS purposes? (6) i've heard of spamming using that person's ip so that their isp bans them or something. I'm not really an ass but this guy is really bothering me...he works for Warner bros and is hired to search yt vids and remove them. He's pretty much a loser who gives me "priority deleting" if you know what i mean..because of him i can't post the SIMPLEST THINGS that others have up for a LONG time. thanks alot for your help tho

 

You could make another YT account... As for using the IP, there's not that much that I know of about using IPs

 

well i'm a bit popular with a 400 friends and 800subs..plus i upload my vids on fake accounts which i will no longer use and put them in the favorites section of my main account...this way they're no strikes against the main one...smart eh?

 

tripp, you sound like a rule-breaking hacking dorky kind of person. I believe it against the rules of this forum to ask for help to perform acts of malicious sabotage.

Reported.

 

do what you want loser if you had the same problem i had then you would be asking the same question...damn where did all these STUCK UP PPL COME from?!

 

Oh, I'd say the side of the forum where people obey enough rules to make it past junior members...you know, the side that actually read the little contract you agreed to when you created an account and hencefore abided by that agreement...ring any bells?

 

well if afterdawn lets a stuck up guy like that be a Senior Member then im in the wrong PLACE..i thought this was the internet where you get to learn EVERYTHING not some classroom where you're limited by the teacher

 

This isn't a classroom, this is an internet forum. You can say pretty much whatever you want, given it's within the limits of the rules. The rules forbid any hacking bullshit.

Let's do this like you might see in math class:

Afterdawn + hacking discussion = broken rules

Broken rules + mod = closed thread

(Broken rules)(n) = member banned, where n = a given number of incidents.

 

Nice one aus, convert it to a mathematical formula to make it easier to understand ;-)

Yeah tripp, asking questions about ips and stuff is okay, but when you get into the "malicious purposes", you're outside the rules. Read the rules again (or for the first time), and get an understanding of what exactly is and isn't allowed here. We want to help, but abiding by the rules is always the first priority.