Someone tried to log into my account

I got an email from unicyclist.com:

I looked up the IP Address and it is here:

Just wondering why someone would want to log into my account. Also if anyone else’s account tries to get logged on to from the same IP Address then maybe Gilby can block it.

Maybe because of Scotthue14? Is this you or again an impostor trying to have some fun?

i got one of these a while ago, i never though of checking the ip address though

Do you guys know how to map an ip?
It was is the UK.Redditch to be exact.
Latitude=52.3050
Longitude=-1.9340

Missile locked-on

haha. we are gonna attack. The goose files at nine.

HEY!!!
those cordinates look familiar…
bye
sprints away in fear

haha.

no I don’t I just used an online service

Im pretty sure he does because he already told us that stuff in his first post.

Anyways, it hasnt happened to me, but I know a few other members who have had it happen to them.

An IP address doesn’t always correspond to a physical location.

You may be able to find out who owns a block of IP addresses, but that doesn’t guarantee they’re used at the particular address of the registrant.

Case in point: ISPs. The IP address in use by my computer at home is registered to an AT&T in another city. Also, my IP address changes about once a month.

I get those every once in a while. Nothing to be worried about…
It can be annoying though.

Just to be precise: really nobody owns IP’s or ASN’s; not the ISP and/or LIR and not even the RIR (ARIN, RIPE, APNIC, AFRINIC).

I just realized they almost all do, even the IPv6 address space, but with an offset of about 5,000 mile, and many exception rules :slight_smile:

Very well. And do you understand BGP4 and anycast? And have you ever heared of VRRP or even NAT?

Cause what if multiple AS numbers anounce the same IP?
Or 1 single AS is multi-homed and announcing the same IP at multiple locations?

I’m to lazy to login to my router to check the current BGP routes, but for example 194.146.106.42 is up at between 7 to 29 locations, dynamicly decreased/increased depending on load.

And bytheway, can you tell if the relevant parts in the routingtable changed between the timestamp in your logfile and the moment of your lookup?

Or the assigned person(s)/organization(s). You can move thousands even millions of IP’s instantly by a single e-mail.

Then I think I’ll hope Scotland Yard is doing a better job.

geez dude. my bad. i didnt know you were all so smart. i feel stupid now. goes and cries in corner.