[sldev] Linden Lab Navigations and Landmark Project

[Teravus Ovares]

I'm sorry,
I look at this and laugh.   Unfortunately IP addresses are difficult and
inconvenient to hide completely.  In fact, simply look through the e-mail
headers and you'll find the IP addresses of every poster to this list.
Simply type that into a Geo-Location web-search and you have the general
area where the IP address is registered which is often a good guess at where
the person is.   Sure, you may argue that you can get around it with a SMTP
proxy, however..  in my experience using a SMTP proxy has resulted in my
messages ending up in spam folders and outright blocked.   HTTP proxies are
overloaded and the simplest web-page takes 5 minutes to load. SSL proxies
take even longer.  I don't think there is really any way around it and I
think unless you're doing something illegal or otherwise nasty it's a waste
of time and resources to try and hide it.

One such GeoLocation search that pins the pushpin on the absolute correct
spot for me is:
http://www.ipligence.com/geolocation/?lang=en

The greifers should worry about it.    The general population, however,
gives their IP address up all day on the web.   "Every 2 nanoseconds 100
unique ip addresses are logged."

my 2Cents

-Teravus


On 4/21/08, Tateru Nino <tateru.nino at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Argent Stonecutter wrote:
>
> > On 2008-04-21, at 21:19, Tateru Nino wrote:
> >
> > > In SL though, as long as you've got a webserver handy it is possible
> > > to obtain the IP address of anyone who enters your land
> > >
> >
> > Only if they turn on streaming audio, or they turn on streaming media
> > AND autorun.
> >
> Exactly.
>
> >
> > or who transfers anything to you via your profile - under the right
> > > conditions.
> > >
> >
> > Only if they turn on autorun.
> >
> Also yes.
>
> >
> > Privacy's good. There's no way to guarantee, however without eliminating
> > > existing functionality.
> > >
> >
> > Sure there is, except in the narrow sense that you can't have privacy in
> > your home unless you eliminate the "leave the doors and windows open"
> > functionality.
> >
> Precisely my point.
>
> --
> Tateru Nino
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