Domain Names & IP Addresses (& MAC Addresses)

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What Is Your Computer Footprint / IP Address Locators
There is an interesting article about IP Addresses from the Privacy Commissioner of Canada Here.

And for IPv6

Whois Domain Registration Details
Whilst Law Enforcement can still request the WhoIs Registration details, due to the changes brought in with the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2018, the publicly available WhoIs Registration Data has been removed by most providers. The best we can currently advise to use is at GoDaddy, who will return the WhoIs Registration details of sites if the registrant is outside of the EU;

For a limited number of reasons you can obtain the withheld non-public data on a .uk domain name by completing the WhoIs Request form from the below link and then emailing it to Nominet Here. They do not charge for this service and aim to respond within a day, however be aware Nominet report that they will notify the registrant of your request and your details;

Useful Domain Registration, IP & Network Research Tools

Reverse (Pre-GDPR) Whois Details Linked To Domain Names, Registrants And An E-Mail Addresses
Click HereTo Open Multiple Tabs For These Pre-GDPR Searches (you must “Allow Pop-Ups” from this website to fully activate this link)

Google Analytic Linked Searches
Click Here To Open Multiple Tabs For These Google Analytic Linked Searches (you must “Allow Pop-Ups” from this website to fully activate this link)

WhoWas / WhoIs History
Check-Out The WhoWas / WhoIs History Registration Details Of A Domain Name

Server Website Contents
Sites Where You Can See What Websites Are Hosted On A Server

The Five Regional Internet Registries

             ARIN – American Registry for Internet Numbers
             AFRINIC – African Network Information Center
             APNIC – Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
             LACNIC – Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry
             RIPE – Reseaux IP Europeans Network Coordination Centre

Internal Network IP Addresses

When tracing an email you need to identify the originating IP Address and then sites like DomainTools & InfoSniper can be used to help show to who & where that IP Address is registered.

The following groups of IP Addresses are the IPv4 address ranges which are reserved for private networks;

             10.0.0.0 – 10.255.255.255
             169.254.1.0 – 169.254.255.255
             172.16.0.0 – 172.31.255.255
             192.168.0.0 – 192.168.255.255

Also the following IPv4 addresses are reserved for localhost communication;

             127.0.0.0 – 127.255.255.255

And the following IPv4 addresses which are reserved for IANA Multicast Addressing / Special Use;

             224.0.0.0 – 239.255.255.255

MAC Addresses
wintelguy.com – track a MAC Address to an equipment manufacturer
coffer.com – track a MAC Address to an equipment manufacturer
samy.pl – MAC Address information collected by Google, by Streetview cameras etc

Domain Names & IP Addresses (& MAC Addresses)

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