Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 10:22 pm Post subject: your IP Address
Request Territory Joined: Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:45 am Posts: 13 Location: United Kingdom
Not sure if this is the proper place to ask this question, but here goes, can someone obtain your IP address through using eMule? Any help would be much appreciated. Gobanno
Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 3:00 pm Post subject: Re: your IP Address
Site Admin Joined: Sat Nov 02, 2002 1:35 am Posts: 19756 Location: En EspaƱa
Yes, even in anonymous systems your ip is known to someone. It is impossible to completely hide your ip. For example, say you use a VPN; in the vpn logs it will hold your ip. If you use an anonymous system, all it means is data is transferred through another peer, so that peer will know your ip.
In emule, when someone searches for something on emule, your ip is sent along with a hash. If you have the file you are exchanged as a source, and if you start a transfer they can see your ip. Most 'anti-piracy' groups blindly do searches but there's very little fact/science behind their claims.
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