On 10 Jul 2003, at 17:53, Colin Barclay wrote:

> Hopefully someone can assist me ref the following,
>
> I have read numerous items of "bad press" regarding the "Evidence
> Eliminator" software programme and the dubious marketing methods used by
> its owners. Can anyone advise regarding this product and also explain to
> me how, when visiting their website, and despite having Norton Internet
> Security ( with firewall ) installed on my PC, they were able to display
> my IP Address and ISP details on the web page.

  When you connect to another machine using TCP (which underlies, for
instance, the HTTP protocol used on the web), the connection is
bidirectional.  You are able to see responses back ONLY because your initial
connection request told the other machine what IP address to send them to.
So if you connect to ANY web site, they have your address.  Looking up a few
ISP details that go with that address is trivial.

> Also are there any decent free programmes out there that will do a
> similar job as I am not too keen on using Evidence Eliminator

  The biggest market for tools like this is people who know that the sites
they've been visiting violate the policy of the folks who own the machine
they've been using.  So my usual recommendation is:  If you want to go
there, use a machine that you own and control.

  If you're looking to sanitize a machine for resale, a format and fresh OS
install is probably sufficient.

David Gillett

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