Computer Forensic Technician

Nathan Smith’s Blog about Criminalistics, Criminal Justice, Computer Forensics, Forensic Technology, Cyber Crime. Including works submitted for academic credit, interesting topics in general, and answers to questions about technology in the world of criminal justice. With additional discussions of ethics in criminal justice and policing, evidence collection, global security, terrorism, and national security. Also featuring research papers, and reports on racial profiling, civil liberties, and clandestine activities.

Archive for September, 2007

What is IP obfuscation? About decimal and hex IP addresses

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

You probably already know about I.P. addresses. They are the numbers of any Internet connected or any TCP/IP connected device. You probably recognize the format. For example 66.51.103.36 is the dedicated IP address for this website, computer-forensic-technician.com.

A friend recently received a phishing email with a strange address. It was a series of hexadecimal numbers. The friend said I knew it was a fraud because it wasn’t a real IP address. Well actually, it was a real IP address.

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