I realize I’m stealing someone’s precious time, but I’d just really like to know about this: this morning when I checked my e-mail I had four unauthorized login attempts from China. I realize someone has my password, and that I should change it, etc, but I was just wondering what happens to these IP’s: do they get banned?
I also received an e-mail from Facebook saying I was subscribed to a website called Guildwars2betakey, and that they now have a Facebook page and that they suggested I like that too. I don’t know if these two things are related, but it just seemed a little odd. There’s probably a bunch of these scams out there, I don’t know if Arenanet wants to know about them to actively shut it down, but just mentioning it just in case. (https://www.facebook.com/Guildwars2betakeygen)
I realize I’m stealing someone’s precious time, but I’d just really like to know about this: this morning when I checked my e-mail I had four unauthorized login attempts from China. I realize someone has my password, and that I should change it, etc, but I was just wondering what happens to these IP’s: do they get banned?
I also received an e-mail from Facebook saying I was subscribed to a website called Guildwars2betakey, and that they now have a Facebook page and that they suggested I like that too. I don’t know if these two things are related, but it just seemed a little odd. There’s probably a bunch of these scams out there, I don’t know if Arenanet wants to know about them to actively shut it down, but just mentioning it just in case. (https://www.facebook.com/Guildwars2betakeygen)
Thanks!
I don’t think you can ban an IP because for one, the IPs are an area with many people in it. Also, when someone logs in, it isn’t the exact same IP each time.
I remember the first time I logged in and had an IP check. It said I was in some city miles away I had never heard of. If my IP was banned, would it ban everyone in it?
Oh, I just located the source of this evil. It apparently was an old multiboot program for GW1, (GWxInf). Didn’t realize it was even on my computer anymore.
And thank you for your replies. I guess you’re right. These people will always find new ways to get into accounts anyhow I suppose.
I realize I’m stealing someone’s precious time, but I’d just really like to know about this: this morning when I checked my e-mail I had four unauthorized login attempts from China. I realize someone has my password, and that I should change it, etc, but I was just wondering what happens to these IP’s: do they get banned?
I also received an e-mail from Facebook saying I was subscribed to a website called Guildwars2betakey, and that they now have a Facebook page and that they suggested I like that too. I don’t know if these two things are related, but it just seemed a little odd. There’s probably a bunch of these scams out there, I don’t know if Arenanet wants to know about them to actively shut it down, but just mentioning it just in case. (https://www.facebook.com/Guildwars2betakeygen)
Thanks!
I don’t think you can ban an IP because for one, the IPs are an area with many people in it. Also, when someone logs in, it isn’t the exact same IP each time.
I remember the first time I logged in and had an IP check. It said I was in some city miles away I had never heard of. If my IP was banned, would it ban everyone in it?
Astral, I think your confusing an IP with an IP range. An IP is usually assigned to a single computer while an IP range would be a group of computers. For example, say your ip address was 10.10.0.1, that would be the address assigned to your computer so if that address was banned, only you would be banned. If they where to ban the range, say 10.10.0.x, then it would ban all ips beginning with 10.10.0.1 thru 10.10.0.255. As others have said, ip banning is pretty useless as it’s very easy to change your IP with a few simple commands.
Astral, I think your confusing an IP with an IP range. An IP is usually assigned to a single computer while an IP range would be a group of computers. For example, say your ip address was 10.10.0.1, that would be the address assigned to your computer so if that address was banned, only you would be banned. If they where to ban the range, say 10.10.0.x, then it would ban all ips beginning with 10.10.0.1 thru 10.10.0.255. As others have said, ip banning is pretty useless as it’s very easy to change your IP with a few simple commands.
If I have an IP assigned to my computer, then why when they started the IP verification email did I have to verify that several were my address. And why were they various towns around me? The first verification was some town many miles away. I’m assuming because of this that they are using IP range rather than specific IPs since they kept changing to different IPs and to different sites around me.
Astral, I think your confusing an IP with an IP range. An IP is usually assigned to a single computer while an IP range would be a group of computers. For example, say your ip address was 10.10.0.1, that would be the address assigned to your computer so if that address was banned, only you would be banned. If they where to ban the range, say 10.10.0.x, then it would ban all ips beginning with 10.10.0.1 thru 10.10.0.255. As others have said, ip banning is pretty useless as it’s very easy to change your IP with a few simple commands.
If I have an IP assigned to my computer, then why when they started the IP verification email did I have to verify that several were my address. And why were they various towns around me? The first verification was some town many miles away. I’m assuming because of this that they are using IP range rather than specific IPs since they kept changing to different IPs and to different sites around me.
Many ISPs reassign a new IP every time you reboot your computer. It’s a simple DHCP setting, do they give you a 24 hour lease, 48 hour, or reset on reconnect? Ip authentication using a range would be the absolute worst thing to do and no admin in their right mind would even consider it. As to different cities, it all depends on which of your ISPs servers you connect through at any given time. The location of the server would dictate where your location would be seen coming from as the server is actually what “owns” the IP, your just leasing it.
Astral, I think your confusing an IP with an IP range. An IP is usually assigned to a single computer while an IP range would be a group of computers. For example, say your ip address was 10.10.0.1, that would be the address assigned to your computer so if that address was banned, only you would be banned. If they where to ban the range, say 10.10.0.x, then it would ban all ips beginning with 10.10.0.1 thru 10.10.0.255. As others have said, ip banning is pretty useless as it’s very easy to change your IP with a few simple commands.
If I have an IP assigned to my computer, then why when they started the IP verification email did I have to verify that several were my address. And why were they various towns around me? The first verification was some town many miles away. I’m assuming because of this that they are using IP range rather than specific IPs since they kept changing to different IPs and to different sites around me.
Many ISPs reassign a new IP every time you reboot your computer. It’s a simple DHCP setting, do they give you a 24 hour lease, 48 hour, or reset on reconnect? Ip authentication using a range would be the absolute worst thing to do and no admin in their right mind would even consider it. As to different cities, it all depends on which of your ISPs servers you connect through at any given time. The location of the server would dictate where your location would be seen coming from as the server is actually what “owns” the IP, your just leasing it.
