which informations can a server get about a client running M$ windows XP ? I cannot access a website because i have been "banned" and I'd like to understand how they recognize me for sure.
All sorts of stuff. Visit browserspy (http://gemal.dk/browserspy/) for a bunch of tests. Java is one excellent way to steal the goods (and many browserspy tests use that).
The 'short' answer is, however, probably a simple IP check.
I mean: - a simple ip check doesn't work with dynamic addresses... - cookies can be deleted - computer name can be changed - mac address can be changed (even I wasn't able to, because I have a usb dsl modem and I cannot change its MAC working with regedit or using tools like smac )
MAC address? That's not visible past the DSLAM. As for dynamic addresses, have you kept track? I have (supposed) dynamic addresses at home and it's not changed in over a year.
You should dump the DSL modem and get a conventional ethernet one. Then change the MAC on your ethernet card at will (this will get you new addresses). There probably is a way to access the innerds of the USB one but you'd probably have to take it apart and locate the serial port.
~Mike.
Anything else ? How the hell do they recognize me ?
Matteo Giannone
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