thanks for the replies guys!

i have more things to worry about! but thx for the support.....

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Originally posted by Fir3start3r Almost right... Most large networks work with a pool of IP addresses that are dynamically addressed to computers (by the DHCP server) as they log on. Your computer gets an IP address for a set amount of time (called a 'lease') and then that IP gets put back into the pool to be used again after the lease time expires. Some large networks have real IP addresses (but that's expensive) so most have there own internal network to support a large number of clients (like a university). Like Rozzer said, most of the time they'll only be able to TRACERT to your uni's firewall since your IP address isn't a 'real' IP to the rest of the world. Then it will be up to your local network admins to go through their logs to find out who had that IP address at that time...

most universities (i.e. mine) distribute their pool of ip's statically for the year. Even if not, if the college is approached by a company with the claim that a person within their firewall is abusing their ip, the college may be forced to show logs of the assined ips -> lead to you.

of course, your college may not log which MAC address gets which ip..

there are a ton of variables. but it is not completely unlike that someone can find out where you live provided with an ip.

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Originally posted by drizzt81 most universities (i.e. mine) distribute their pool of ip's statically for the year. Even if not, if the college is approached by a company with the claim that a person within their firewall is abusing their ip, the college may be forced to show logs of the assined ips -> lead to you. of course, your college may not log which MAC address gets which ip.. there are a ton of variables. but it is not completely unlike that someone can find out where you live provided with an ip.

They statically assign there? Damn...
I'd hate to administrate that!

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