Frequently Asked Questions :

1. What is IP Address ?
2. Whats the Organization/ISP in the Trace result ?
3. What is Hostname ?
4. What can I understand from the Browser/Operating System Details ?
5. I cannot see the finer details (City/Latitude/Longitude) in the box provided ?
6. What more can be traced using this system ?

1. What is IP Address ?

An IP address (Internet Protocol address) is a unique number that devices use in order to identify and communicate with each other on a computer network utilizing the Internet Protocol standard (IP). Any participating network device — including routers, computers, time-servers, printers, Internet fax machines, and some telephones — must have its own unique address. An IP address can also be thought of as the equivalent of a street address or a phone number (compare: VoIP) for a computer or other network device on the internet. Just as each street address and phone number uniquely identifies a building or telephone, an IP address can uniquely identify a specific computer or other network device on a network.

An IP address can appear to be shared by multiple client devices either because they are part of a shared hosting web server environment or because a proxy server (e.g. an ISP or anonymizer service) acts as an intermediary agent on behalf of its customers, in which case the real originating IP addresses might be hidden from the server receiving a request. The analogy to telephone systems would be the use of predial numbers (proxy) and extensions (shared).

You can refer more on IPAddresses on the following links:
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/I/IP_address.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address

In addition to serving individuals, ISPs also serve large companies, providing a direct connection from the company's networks to the Internet. ISPs themselves are connected to one another through Network Access Points (NAPs).

ISPs are also called IAPs (Internet Access Providers).

In the Organization/ISP row, You'll find the Internet Service Provider of Your target. If the person happens to browse from his work-location and happens to be in some big company, you will get the company/organization name of his company because big companies often have their own internet setup and don't depend on commercial ISP's.

In a nutshell, you'll get the ISP of the person here. In some cases, you may see the person's organization (or perhaps the organization from where he opened your trace link ).

More about ISP's can be found at the following links :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_service_provider

4. What can I understand from the Browser/Operating System Details ?

This is the a interesting fact that this system reveals. You can get to know the target's

• Operating System (Name and Version)
• Browser (Name and Version)
• Host of other Information.

The paragraph below describes the Browser/Operating System Details Field, which identifies your browser and certain system detailsof your tareget.

For historical reasons, Internet Explorer identifies itself as a Mozilla 4.0 browser.

The sample string contains three tokens.

1. The Compatibility flag ("compatible") is used by most modern browsers; it indicates that Internet Explorer is compatible with a common set of features.

2. The Version token specifically identifies the browser and contains the version number. The version token in the example ("MSIE 7.0") identifies Windows Internet Explorer 7.

3. The Platform token ("Windows NT 6.0") identifies your operating system and contains its version number. The example token indicates Microsoft Windows Vista.

Alternate tokens can appear in the string for a number of reasons; these usually identify optional features installed on the system. For example, an "SV1" token appears in the strings of Windows XP users who have installed Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).

Internet Explorer Tokens

This section summarizes the tokens used by recent versions of Internet Explorer, which places three tokens in the by default.

1. Version tokens
2. Platform tokens
3. Feature tokens

The following table lists the version tokens used in recent versions of Internet Explorer. In general, version tokens begin with MSIE and are followed by the version number of the browser. Many pre-release versions append the letter "b" to the version number.

Platform tokens describe your operating system; the following table lists Internet Explorer platform tokens for the last several versions of Windows.

Certain optional components can also modify the string; the following table shows common ones. Be aware that many third parties also modify thestring. Because of this, a comprehensive list is not possible.

5. I cannot see the finer details (City/Latitude/Longitude) in the box provided ?

In case you are not able to see the finer details of the person in the inset box provided and you see a textbox and a distorted image instead in the box, then you need to enter the text of the image in the textbox and click the "Lookup IP Addresses" Button.

6. What more can be traced using this system ?

Currently this is what you can trace from the system. I had incorporated a few extra trace parameters and information during the initial launch of the system. But I had to withdraw them later because they could have led to legal consequences and it would have constituted illegal breach of privacy.

I would urge you to kindly refrain from e-mailing or messaging me to help you out with some sort of hacking or information.
These requests will not be entertained. Thanks in anticipation.