Is IP address Enough To Track a user?

 When you wish to trace someone through their IP address on the network, not only is the IP address needed but also the data and time details of the person accessing an IP address.
What happens when you want to browse on the internet?
You are assigned an IP address. Now an IP address is of the format ABCD.ABCD.ABCD.ABCD
Value of each ABCD ranges from 0 to 255. Each combination of the above will lead to a different address. An example of an IP address can be 1234.0A12.91BE.
Since the number of IP addresses are then, limited, a limited number of IP addresses exist in the world. Given the number of internet users and multiple devices accessing the internet, it is not always possible to assign a user a unique static IP address. So here comes the role of dynamic IP addresses.
Now, Dynamic IP is provided in real-time to users on the web. Dynamic IP or DHCP is provided by your ISP provider for a fixed time depending on location, date and time of the day.
Every time you access data on the web, you are assigned a dynamic IP for a fixed amount of time. For users on a LAN network, the LAN distributes the IP addresses among all the users accessing the web. The LAN address itself changes after a certain period of time.
Once you have the time and location of a user along with his IP address, you can trace the exact user through the ISP provider on the network. To Know how General Technologies has helped organizations protect their data, click here

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