[AusNOG] Victorian Police - internal assistance??

[Brad Gould]

Seems like the only problem he had was that he interchanged the term "ISP
number" with "IP address".

But his concept (and base understanding) was sound - wifi users share an IP
address.



Also, he successfully chose to call someone with more experience and tried
to confirm his reasoning.

So - well done to the officer for exceeding the average Jane/Joe in basic
internet knowledge (before the call), and for asking questions rather than
assuming.


What is the problem exactly?






On 30 August 2017 at 10:34, Ross Wheeler <ausnog at rossw.net> wrote:

>
> *Still shaking my head in disbelief*
>
> Just had a call from a local police officer. Identified himself and his
> station, investigating a suicide. (Not sure why I had to know that, but
> anyway).
>
> Needed some "technical assistance".
>
> "Is everyone in the same house going to have the same ISP number?"
> *blink*
> "What I mean is, the guys computer was on wifi, will it have the same ISP
> number as other people in the house?"
>
> Took a moment to figure out... "Do you mean IP Address?".
>
> "Yes, ISP address number"
>
> "He may have called lifeline, they keep all the details"...
>
> Surely these guys must have some internal department or at least a book of
> "technical terms for dummies" for this stuff? Worries me that he'll go to
> someone else in the house, get their "ISP number" from the computer network
> settings, and trot off to Lifeline with a 192.168.1.x address for them to
> look for...
>
> Justice cannot be done when people are this ignorant... to I try to call
> back and point them to some "clue department" that can give him a hand?
> (If so, anyone know a department/number/process that's appropriate?)
>
>
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