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[Q] Can you find IP adress by SC2 replays ?

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nucLeaRTV
Profile Joined May 2011
Romania822 Posts
September 25 2011 12:26 GMT
#1
If i remember right MLG said they won't upload the replays until the event was over because using them people could hack into their servers and crash the games. I bet that their discovery was that using the replays you can find the IP of the PC the game was played.

I don't want to use it for malicious purposes, but I want to know if it's possible and how.
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S2Lunar
Profile Joined June 2011
1051 Posts
September 25 2011 12:28 GMT
#2
I think it was because you could find the character code through the replay........ dont think it was anything related to finding the IP adress nor would it matter considering the games were played at MLG....
Aim Here
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Scotland672 Posts
September 25 2011 12:29 GMT
#3
I doubt the IP address was stored in the replay. The player's account name is, and the 3/4 digit player code probably is/was as well. That could be used to spam the player on battle.net, as per the Deezer/Destiny crapfights recently.

Patch 1.4 should have addressed this issue by now.
Robinsa
Profile Joined May 2009
Japan1333 Posts
September 25 2011 12:42 GMT
#4
As everyone previously has stated you cant find any IP adress but you can find the players nick. Which was a problem in the previous patch.
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brachester
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia1786 Posts
September 25 2011 12:43 GMT
#5
On September 25 2011 21:29 Aim Here wrote:
I doubt the IP address was stored in the replay. The player's account name is, and the 3/4 digit player code probably is/was as well. That could be used to spam the player on battle.net, as per the Deezer/Destiny crapfights recently.

Patch 1.4 should have addressed this issue by now.

hmm, i can't seem to find anything metioning that issue in patch 1.4, can you please specify a bit more?
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CScythe
Profile Joined June 2009
Canada810 Posts
September 25 2011 12:44 GMT
#6
There is no way to find an IP address from a replay. Only the character names and possibly character code.
Robinsa
Profile Joined May 2009
Japan1333 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-25 12:47:41
September 25 2011 12:45 GMT
#7
On September 25 2011 21:43 brachester wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 25 2011 21:29 Aim Here wrote:
I doubt the IP address was stored in the replay. The player's account name is, and the 3/4 digit player code probably is/was as well. That could be used to spam the player on battle.net, as per the Deezer/Destiny crapfights recently.

Patch 1.4 should have addressed this issue by now.

hmm, i can't seem to find anything metioning that issue in patch 1.4, can you please specify a bit more?

"-- Added three privacy settings to the Options menu under the Battle.net section."

Set your status to busy and they can message you as much as they like.'

Edit: I guess the

"--- Only allow friends to send me invites.
--- Only allow friends to send me chat messages."

Is relevant as well.
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brachester
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia1786 Posts
September 25 2011 12:47 GMT
#8
On September 25 2011 21:45 Robinsa wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 25 2011 21:43 brachester wrote:
On September 25 2011 21:29 Aim Here wrote:
I doubt the IP address was stored in the replay. The player's account name is, and the 3/4 digit player code probably is/was as well. That could be used to spam the player on battle.net, as per the Deezer/Destiny crapfights recently.

Patch 1.4 should have addressed this issue by now.

hmm, i can't seem to find anything metioning that issue in patch 1.4, can you please specify a bit more?

"-- Added three privacy settings to the Options menu under the Battle.net section."

Set your status to busy and they can message you as much as they like.

but setting your status to busy mean they can't get achievements, yes? or i'm missing something here
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Robinsa
Profile Joined May 2009
Japan1333 Posts
September 25 2011 12:48 GMT
#9
On September 25 2011 21:47 brachester wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 25 2011 21:45 Robinsa wrote:
On September 25 2011 21:43 brachester wrote:
On September 25 2011 21:29 Aim Here wrote:
I doubt the IP address was stored in the replay. The player's account name is, and the 3/4 digit player code probably is/was as well. That could be used to spam the player on battle.net, as per the Deezer/Destiny crapfights recently.

Patch 1.4 should have addressed this issue by now.

hmm, i can't seem to find anything metioning that issue in patch 1.4, can you please specify a bit more?

"-- Added three privacy settings to the Options menu under the Battle.net section."

Set your status to busy and they can message you as much as they like.

but setting your status to busy mean they can't get achievements, yes? or i'm missing something here

Achivements ? What do they have to with anything ? I dont follow.
4649!!
brachester
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia1786 Posts
September 25 2011 12:55 GMT
#10
On September 25 2011 21:48 Robinsa wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 25 2011 21:47 brachester wrote:
On September 25 2011 21:45 Robinsa wrote:
On September 25 2011 21:43 brachester wrote:
On September 25 2011 21:29 Aim Here wrote:
I doubt the IP address was stored in the replay. The player's account name is, and the 3/4 digit player code probably is/was as well. That could be used to spam the player on battle.net, as per the Deezer/Destiny crapfights recently.

Patch 1.4 should have addressed this issue by now.

hmm, i can't seem to find anything metioning that issue in patch 1.4, can you please specify a bit more?

"-- Added three privacy settings to the Options menu under the Battle.net section."

Set your status to busy and they can message you as much as they like.

but setting your status to busy mean they can't get achievements, yes? or i'm missing something here

Achivements ? What do they have to with anything ? I dont follow.

actually, don't worry, i'm being an idiot
I hate all this singing
sVnteen
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany2238 Posts
September 25 2011 13:02 GMT
#11
quite sure thats not possible
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Robinsa
Profile Joined May 2009
Japan1333 Posts
September 25 2011 13:02 GMT
#12
On September 25 2011 21:55 brachester wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 25 2011 21:48 Robinsa wrote:
On September 25 2011 21:47 brachester wrote:
On September 25 2011 21:45 Robinsa wrote:
On September 25 2011 21:43 brachester wrote:
On September 25 2011 21:29 Aim Here wrote:
I doubt the IP address was stored in the replay. The player's account name is, and the 3/4 digit player code probably is/was as well. That could be used to spam the player on battle.net, as per the Deezer/Destiny crapfights recently.

Patch 1.4 should have addressed this issue by now.

hmm, i can't seem to find anything metioning that issue in patch 1.4, can you please specify a bit more?

"-- Added three privacy settings to the Options menu under the Battle.net section."

Set your status to busy and they can message you as much as they like.

but setting your status to busy mean they can't get achievements, yes? or i'm missing something here

Achivements ? What do they have to with anything ? I dont follow.

actually, don't worry, i'm being an idiot

Haha ok! :D

I read the thread like 5 times and couldnt understand what you meant at all so I was the one who totally felt like an idiot at first :D
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NoobSkills
Profile Joined August 2009
United States1603 Posts
September 25 2011 13:02 GMT
#13
On September 25 2011 21:26 nucLeaRTV wrote:
If i remember right MLG said they won't upload the replays until the event was over because using them people could hack into their servers and crash the games. I bet that their discovery was that using the replays you can find the IP of the PC the game was played.

I don't want to use it for malicious purposes, but I want to know if it's possible and how.


They did this to protect the player's ID's. If someone wanted to get the IP and mess with MLG they could get it just by viewing the stream.
Phaded
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia579 Posts
September 25 2011 13:23 GMT
#14
You can only get the name and the battle.net profile URL ID from the replay

http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/2131517/1/Phaded/

For example, you can find 2131517 and the my nickname Phaded in a replay

From this you can then search the battle.net forums for that user, find any posts that the user has made, then go to that post and find the 3 digit character code needed to add the player to friends list.

If the account has not made any posts then it is not possible to find the 3 digit character code using this method.

That is the only information stored in replays.

The 3 digit character code is not stored in replays.
IP Addresses are not stored in replays.

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Bobbias
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada1373 Posts
September 25 2011 14:40 GMT
#15
On September 25 2011 22:02 NoobSkills wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 25 2011 21:26 nucLeaRTV wrote:
If i remember right MLG said they won't upload the replays until the event was over because using them people could hack into their servers and crash the games. I bet that their discovery was that using the replays you can find the IP of the PC the game was played.

I don't want to use it for malicious purposes, but I want to know if it's possible and how.


They did this to protect the player's ID's. If someone wanted to get the IP and mess with MLG they could get it just by viewing the stream.


Uhh, that would be the IP address for 1 of many servers dishing out the stream. You could disrupt that server, but unless you are a good enough hacker to gain full access to that computer, trace the stream source IP through however many computers are between the stream server and MLG, and then break into MLG's servers you probably can't make much of an impact on MLG with the server IP address.
nucLeaRTV
Profile Joined May 2011
Romania822 Posts
September 25 2011 16:57 GMT
#16
Okay, thanks you for the replays. Can be closed.
"Having your own haters means you are famous"
JasonTheMason
Profile Joined February 2014
1 Post
February 15 2014 17:36 GMT
#17
On September 25 2011 23:40 Bobbias wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 25 2011 22:02 NoobSkills wrote:
On September 25 2011 21:26 nucLeaRTV wrote:
If i remember right MLG said they won't upload the replays until the event was over because using them people could hack into their servers and crash the games. I bet that their discovery was that using the replays you can find the IP of the PC the game was played.

I don't want to use it for malicious purposes, but I want to know if it's possible and how.


They did this to protect the player's ID's. If someone wanted to get the IP and mess with MLG they could get it just by viewing the stream.


Uhh, that would be the IP address for 1 of many servers dishing out the stream. You could disrupt that server, but unless you are a good enough hacker to gain full access to that computer, trace the stream source IP through however many computers are between the stream server and MLG, and then break into MLG's servers you probably can't make much of an impact on MLG with the server IP address.


All you need is hping (You can remotely sniff with this and drop shells anywhere if you know what you're doing!) to get the IP and get all of this done, is all I'm saying.

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