FunkyJ — Wed, 27 Nov 2002 14:33:18 +0000

Yes, you can do reverse IP lookup if that is available. However, not all IP address is setup so that it can be reverse.

Then you will do a traceroute and find out where the IP is hosted.
You can also find out who owns the IP from arin.net (not sure they release those info now or not)

Mark Hensler — Wed, 27 Nov 2002 06:27:25 +0000

Then why use trace route? Why not do a reverse IP lookup?
It's faster, and will give you more specific info about the person (or co.) who owns the IP.

FunkyJ — Wed, 27 Nov 2002 05:14:10 +0000

Just to see where that IP is 'hosted' so that you can either complain to his/her ISP or server provider.

Works well with SPAM websites

Mark Hensler — Wed, 27 Nov 2002 03:25:24 +0000

Why would you use a trace route from a machine that is not at your location? That remote machine probably uses a different path, and so, that defeats the whole purpose.

FunkyJ — Tue, 26 Nov 2002 18:44:10 +0000

Or you can do a tracert in Windows (dos) or traceroute in Unix

colorspots — Mon, 21 Oct 2002 21:04:57 +0000

you can also do a trace route and find out who the ip belongs to.
I personally use SmartWhoIs as a Network Admin/Webmaster.
http://www.tamos.com/download/main/
i am not affiliated with this product in any way other than I use it at my job.

mjames — Sat, 19 Oct 2002 03:14:15 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by flipper
Well they don't seem to have been up too much. I think it might have been a searchbot because they haven't been back since.

How would I blosk their IP with a .htaccess file?

Thanks for the advice on this one zollet

This should help you:

Quote: http://www.freewebmasterhelp.com/tutorials/htaccess/2

Deny/Allow Certian IP Addresses

In some situations, you may want to only allow people with specific IP addresses to access your site (for example, only allowing people using a particular ISP to get into a certian directory) or you may want to ban certian IP addresses (for example, keeping disruptive memembers out of your message boards). Of course, this will only work if you know the IP addresses you want to ban and, as most people on the internet now have a dynamic IP address, so this is not always the best way to limit usage.

You can block an IP address by using:

deny from 000.000.000.000

where 000.000.000.000 is the IP address. If you only specify 1 or 2 of the groups of numbers, you will block a whole range.

You can allow an IP address by using:

allow from 000.000.000.000

where 000.000.000.000 is the IP address. If you only specify 1 or 2 of the groups of numbers, you will allow a whole range.

If you want to deny everyone from accessing a directory, you can use:

deny from all

but this will still allow scripts to use the files in the directory.

openmind — Fri, 18 Oct 2002 22:04:00 +0000

Well they don't seem to have been up too much. I think it might have been a searchbot because they haven't been back since.

How would I blosk their IP with a .htaccess file?

Thanks for the advice on this one zollet

zollet — Wed, 16 Oct 2002 20:08:54 +0000

Scan the logs for that IP to see what they've been up to. If needed, block them with .htaccess.