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Getting Illegal Spammers and Hackers Kicked
Off the Internet
How to find an ISP for a specific IP address
Your firewall program probably has tools for tracking
down the hacker's ISP with an IP address. However, for the benefit
of those that may not have a sophisticated firewall program, I'll
show you an easy way to track down a hacker.
I use a whois tool from Network-Tools.com
which will trace the hackers ISP when you investigate an IP address.
Simply go to the Network-Tools.com
website and type the hackers IP address in the little box above the
submit button. Then hit submit and the whois tool will trace the IP
address to the owning ISP.
IP address: 65.32.236.122
Host name: 6532236hfc122.tampabay.rr.com
TraceRoute to 65.32.236.122
[6532236hfc122.tampabay.rr.com]
------- various info ------------------
Registrant:
Road Runner HoldCo, LLC (RR6-DOM)
13241 Woodland Park Rd Herndon VA,20171
US Domain Name: RR.COM Administrative Contact
Technical Contact: Road Runner (NO789-ORG) abuse@RR.COM
US Domain Name: RR.COM
Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Road Runner (NO789-ORG) abuse@RR.COM
andle: ZS30-ARIN
TechName: ServiceCo LLC
TechPhone: +1-703-345-3416
TechEmail: abuse@rr.com
OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE10-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Abuse
OrgAbusePhone: +1-703-345-3416
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@rr.com
OrgTechHandle: IPTEC-ARIN
OrgTechName: IP Tech
OrgTechPhone: +1-703-345-3416
OrgTechEmail: abuse@rr.com
------ end whois example ------------
The whois trace yields a lot of information, however
the first three lines and the very last part of the trace yield the
most important information. The first lines tell us that the ISP is
www.tampabay.rr.com and the email
address you complain to which is found in the last part of the whois
information, abuse@rr.com.
| Note: You can send your complaint to the TechEmail, OrgAbuseEmail,
OrgTechEmail address, or all three addresses. Sometimes these
addresses are different. |
If you go to the ISPs' websites (www.rr.com
or www.tampabay.rr.com)
you will confirm that these are both Road Runner sites. So our hacker
has originated from the Tampa Bay Road Runner ISP and we should send
our complaint to abuse@rr.com.
Next - We Compose
and Email our Complaint >>
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