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ssj100
Profile Joined September 2006
Afghanistan320 Posts
April 19 2008 12:39 GMT
#1
Hi, does anyone know how to hide your IP address on Bnet, or to detect other players' IP address?

Some dude managed to detect my IP address while I was in a channel...how is that possible? Is he hacking?
RaGe
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
Belgium9950 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-04-19 13:06:37
April 19 2008 13:05 GMT
#2
That shouldn't be possible. Only point where you should be able to detect IP's is in game, and even then, with 3rd party software.

edit: wasn't this possible with channel bot software?
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mrdx
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Vietnam1555 Posts
April 19 2008 13:33 GMT
#3
I think the WHISPER command makes it possible for one user to send data directly to another user (without going by Battle.NET server).

If that is the case, you don't even need a bot to know IP of the one you've just whispered, by just monitoring all your connections before and after you make the whisper (using NETSTATS command in Windows)
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Agavond
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
448 Posts
April 19 2008 14:15 GMT
#4
Even if he is able to see your IP, it's not like he can hack your computer.
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MiniRoman
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
Canada3953 Posts
April 19 2008 15:46 GMT
#5
On April 19 2008 23:15 Sins wrote:
Even if he is able to see your IP, it's not like he can hack your computer.


Unless ofcourse he knows how to. ==
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0xDEADBEEF
Profile Joined September 2007
Germany1235 Posts
April 19 2008 16:08 GMT
#6
On April 19 2008 22:33 mrdx wrote:
I think the WHISPER command makes it possible for one user to send data directly to another user (without going by Battle.NET server).

If that is the case, you don't even need a bot to know IP of the one you've just whispered, by just monitoring all your connections before and after you make the whisper (using NETSTATS command in Windows)


Correct.

There may also be hacks for Starcraft which display it directly on screen, but basically you can always use netstat or other network analysis tools to see which connections are active, and thus see the IP addresses.
So... what's the big deal?
Vin{MBL}
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
5185 Posts
April 19 2008 17:40 GMT
#7
On April 20 2008 01:08 0xDEADBEEF wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 19 2008 22:33 mrdx wrote:
I think the WHISPER command makes it possible for one user to send data directly to another user (without going by Battle.NET server).

If that is the case, you don't even need a bot to know IP of the one you've just whispered, by just monitoring all your connections before and after you make the whisper (using NETSTATS command in Windows)


So... what's the big deal?

probably one of those pre-pubescent script kiddies threatening to hack him
useLess
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States4781 Posts
April 19 2008 21:01 GMT
#8
On April 20 2008 00:46 MiniRoman wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 19 2008 23:15 Sins wrote:
Even if he is able to see your IP, it's not like he can hack your computer.


Unless ofcourse he knows how to. ==


yeah, because all script-kiddies hang out on gaming channels to "hack" computers. (well, with WoW where money is involved...)
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R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10342 Posts
April 19 2008 21:15 GMT
#9
The only time I'm aware of that you get other peoples IP is in the game lobby / game. Just hanging out in the channels should not reveal your IP, unless I'm mistaken.
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Goosey
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
United States695 Posts
April 19 2008 22:30 GMT
#10
Don't freak out about it. Visiting a website reveals your IP address: it is not like a magic number that will let him hax0r your b0xen.

Follow proper network security practices and you will be fine.
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Lobotomy
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States300 Posts
April 19 2008 22:53 GMT
#11
-ARP A , dos command.
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LonelyMargarita
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
1845 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-04-19 23:13:25
April 19 2008 23:12 GMT
#12
On April 20 2008 02:40 Vin{MBL} wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 20 2008 01:08 0xDEADBEEF wrote:
On April 19 2008 22:33 mrdx wrote:
I think the WHISPER command makes it possible for one user to send data directly to another user (without going by Battle.NET server).

If that is the case, you don't even need a bot to know IP of the one you've just whispered, by just monitoring all your connections before and after you make the whisper (using NETSTATS command in Windows)


So... what's the big deal?

probably one of those pre-pubescent script kiddies threatening to hack him


Somehow I don't think the people who CAN hack you make threats. They just hack you. The ones that make threats probably need help logging on to AOL.

I love mocking the ones that threaten though. NO PLEASE DON"T HACK ME I"LL DO ANYTHINGGGGGGGGG!
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LonelyMargarita
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
1845 Posts
April 19 2008 23:55 GMT
#13
Actually after testing, neither netstat nor arp -a seem to work for me. Netstat just shows that I'm connected to battle.net. Is there another suffix I need to show individuals connected in a game?
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Kaolla
Profile Joined January 2003
China2999 Posts
April 19 2008 23:59 GMT
#14
ARP is a local network protocol got nothing to do with this O_o;
its me
LonelyMargarita
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
1845 Posts
April 20 2008 00:30 GMT
#15
On April 20 2008 08:59 Kaolla wrote:
ARP is a local network protocol got nothing to do with this O_o;


So what actually works? It would be nice to be able to ban hackers when they smurf.
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ssj100
Profile Joined September 2006
Afghanistan320 Posts
April 20 2008 00:45 GMT
#16
Hmm. That guy prolly had some fancy hacks. But I am well protected with antimalware and software and hardware firewall.
Vaanelo
Profile Joined March 2008
Canada128 Posts
April 20 2008 00:46 GMT
#17
u r just being paranoid...
R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10342 Posts
April 20 2008 02:08 GMT
#18
StarCraft is all UDP, so you either need a 3rd party utility to read the IPs from the executable, or a packet sniffer (netstat only shows TCP connections, arp is for local subnet only).
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GunsofthePatriots
Profile Joined August 2007
South Africa991 Posts
April 20 2008 02:09 GMT
#19
He won't be able to do anything to you anyways... Most likely>?
IzzyCraft
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4487 Posts
April 20 2008 02:16 GMT
#20
paranoid much? Is he gonna take your WoW gold? lol not much he can do with just an ipadress that he couldn't do by randomly go though ip adresses. Is there a higher perpensity to do something bad to you if he knows your ip? anyways your not a server so only your mac address stays the same so just retart your router and he no longer has your ip address.
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even when I shit I'm droping knowledge.
Vaanelo
Profile Joined March 2008
Canada128 Posts
April 20 2008 02:18 GMT
#21
lol more like scaring u for shit, just chill out.....
funkie
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Venezuela9376 Posts
April 20 2008 02:48 GMT
#22
On a off-topic note

I think my IP is banned from USWest due to wtf reasons .
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