At 05:07 PM 3/8/2002, Al Thompson wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I guess I'm just brain-dead this week! When I get an alert in Zone Alarm that someone
>tried to connect to my
>machine, I copy the IP# and paste it at http://www.mse.co.jp/ip_domain/index_e.shtml
>
>However, this rarely tells me anything that I can make sense of - I guess I just don't
>know how to interpret
>the info.
>
>Can someone offer a better IP or Whois search site, and explain how to use it to get
>understandable info? For
>example, telling me that it's a NTCBLK from Korea does nothing for me, but telling me
>it's a porn site with a
>name would be far more useful. (Not that moi ever visits porn sites! ;-) Thanks in advance for any
>suggestions, and forgive my brain-dead questions!


You might want to try using Neotrace for this job.  It will
supply you with far more information about any domain or
IP address than you can probably use, including tracking
it back to the source.  I have been using it for a few years
and swear by it.
http://www.neoworx.com/products/neotrace/

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