Tracing Emails
- 1. Forensic Science InformaticsUnit 37 P4
- 2. Tracing e-mailsBTEOTSSSBAT trace the origin of an e-mail
- 3. P4 identify the registrant’s name and address of five IP addresses using the WHOIS database.
- 4. Every computer has an IP address (Internet Protocol)
- 5. Every computer has an IP address (Internet Protocol)The IP address is a little like a finger print - it can help identify which computer has been used to send an e-mail or browse a web site.
- 6. Every computer has an IP address (Internet Protocol)The IP address is a little like a finger print - it can help identify which computer has been used to send an e-mail or browse a web site.The IP address is a ‘dotted quad’ - four numbers separated by a fullstop.For example 88.105.175.194This can tell us a lot about the computer.The originating country, the ISP and sometimes even the location.
- 7. The who.is database enables us to find out information about IP addresses
- 8. To find your computer’s IP address, go here:http://www.ip-adress.com/The to find out more information go here:http://www.whois-search.com/ or herehttp://whatismyipaddress.com/
- 9. To find out where an e-mail has come from we need to know the sender’s IP address.This information is usually contained in an e-mail’s full header. Most web e-mails hide this but it can be easily uncovered.
- 10. Yahoo mail
- 13. Block of IP nosThe ISPCountry of origin