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How much do forums know about my info?

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wuya

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How much do forums (admin/mods) know about my info?

Just the IP?

Or Name Address, Remote Port, Browser too?

Do they even know the current user's account name, network name, type of OS, etc. of the computer?

If any admin/mods is reading this. Can you please PM what you know to me so I can match and see how accurate it is?
 
The best they can do is:

1) Ip address
2) Browser and OS
3) I think I could manage to figure out the approx time on your computer, but I'd have to work at it.
4) Remote port number, although this is somewhat useless on it's own

This is speaking for these forums ( did a little code digging ). Less scruplous<sp> sites can use all sorts of nasty tricks to learn more info about your computer if you aren't careful.
 
Basicly, what he said, as the server gets the info from what your browser sends, and from the socket itself. Here is a basic rundown
IP, and remote port from the socket. Their is also a few other things you can figure out based on the signature of the connection.
Browser, version, reffering URL if any, OS if the browser reports it, OS version as well as Archetechure (x86, PPC, etc).
If you really want to see, you can use ethereal to capture the traffic, and look at what your client sends to the server and learn a little bit on how http works as well.
 
What about the Name Address? Is it revealed to insiders of forums like it it can to the public in IRC?
 
wuya said:
What about the Name Address? Is it revealed to insiders of forums like it it can to the public in IRC?
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Most forums (ala PHPBB and vBullitin) do log IP's as raw "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" numbers, so yes they could track you down if they really wanted to.

This is why annon proxys are your friend if you are THAT paranoid
 
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