# IP address question

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ip-address-question/10440>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [April 7, 2006, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ip-address-question/10440 "2006-04-07T07:33:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ip-address-question/10440/1 "2006-04-07T07:33:27Z")

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can you tell somehow or is there a database someplace, other than the isp, that will tell you who owned an IP address from two years ago?

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**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ip-address-question/10440/2 "2006-04-07T07:46:50Z")

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> [@Locutus](#):
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> can you tell somehow or is there a database someplace, other than the isp, that will tell you who owned an IP address from two years ago?

I don’t think “they” (whoever they are ISP or domain registrar) keeps historical tabs on who owned the IP prior. They might keep a month or maybe a year but 2 years I would think is stretching it. Then again, I could be totally wrong. Call up Network Solutions or Verisign and see what they say.

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**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ip-address-question/10440/3 "2006-04-07T08:40:34Z")

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Welcome to 2006, where the SCC rules all.

I believe that since ISPs are the gateway to the internet (which is a gateway to the world of many illegal activities, none which I participate in) the SCC requires them to keep taps on everyone/everything for at least 7 years.

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**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ip-address-question/10440/4 "2006-04-07T08:41:24Z")

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Coming back to yoru question : no, i think the IP is only stored there, unless they were accessing a particular site that logs things (like forums) but you have to know that it was them logging on.

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**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ip-address-question/10440/5 "2006-04-07T08:43:53Z")

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