me: can you use an ip address to determine anything useful about a person who uses it? me: right Andrew: if they did something illegal, you can subpoena the isp and get their name, address, etc me: very well Andrew: ips are dynamic, though - unless the poster did somethign illegal and you can get a subpoena, there's not terribly much you can do with it Andrew: if they have access to teh server logs, then they can get the ip Andrew: depends me: is that something that a blog owner could get from someone leaving comments? me: I guess Andrew: their isp