Internet exploration
posted by: Ms. Martin
27 October 2010
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On a sheet of paper to turn in, write down 7 interesting things you find out from these websites:
- Find out what your IP address is. Note that any service with access to your IP address also knows where you are.
- Use a ping tool to find out how long it takes to get to a particular server. Try google.com, garfieldcs.com? Note that this tool sends the ping from the network-tools.com server, NOT from your machine.
- Use a visual traceroute tool to find out the physical path information takes to get to you from a particular website. Interesting searches might include bbc.co.uk gicp.org.gh gcaa.com.gh (the last two sites are Ghanaian sites. Where are they hosted? Why?)
- Do a whois lookup to find out who, if anyone, owns a particular address. Try yourname.com (helenemartin.com, for example).
- Take a look at what information websites have about you — they definitely know where you are and may be able to infer your age, gender, etc.
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