Security Query

[astral276]

Can't find a suitable forum for this so put here as it might get admin input.

When you use https://www.ebid.net/useragent.php to help admin investigate a problem it returns the following information.

IP : 12.34.567.890
Country name : United Kingdom
Country code : GB
Agent : Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 7.0; SAMSUNG SM-T580 Build/NRD90M) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) SamsungBrowser/6.2 Chrome/56.0.2924.87 Safari/537.36
Viewport : 980w x 1386h

I was wondering (being a complete numpty about such things - I believe the internet works using magic) if there were any security implications with posting your IP address to a public forum?

[billsstamps]

Can't find a suitable forum for this so put here as it might get admin input.

When you use https://www.ebid.net/useragent.php to help admin investigate a problem it returns the following information.

IP : 12.34.567.890
Country name : United Kingdom
Country code : GB
Agent : Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 7.0; SAMSUNG SM-T580 Build/NRD90M) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) SamsungBrowser/6.2 Chrome/56.0.2924.87 Safari/537.36
Viewport : 980w x 1386h

I was wondering (being a complete numpty about such things - I believe the internet works using magic) if there were any security implications with posting your IP address to a public forum?

In general someone intending you no good is not going to be able to access your local LAN, even if your IP is published.
If you don't use a router but connect to the internet direct, be worried.

[lofty100e]

I don't know a great deal about it, but from what I have been told/read most ISP addresses are Dynamic - meaning (if I have understood correctly) that they are randomly generated and recycled each time you log on. On two of the forums I use they monitor ISP addresses; on the one there is a logo stating "ISP logged", the other shows the ISP address, but this is only visible to the author of the post and the Mods.

[astral276]

Thanks, both, for the response.

Within my limited understanding I am allocated a number dynamically (DCHP?) rather than having a static address.

In that event you say it continually changes each time I connect to my ISP? That being the case I can't see that knowing it would be any use to support. I'll likely just delete (as I have been doing) the IP bit if posting the user agent info to forums.

[lofty100e]

That tallies with my understanding Mel, but as for which ISP's use the dynamic or static options, I do not know how you would find out; or if they would tell.