Re: How to obtain a yahoo username off a computer

["Anders Reed Mohn" <anders_rm () utepils com>]

> Hello!  We have a security issue and need to know who is using a
> particular Yahoo user ID from within our company.  We are about 90%
> certain of the person's identity.  

Three words for you:  CAN OF WORMS

Run this by your legal department before doing anything.

That said, people have come up with a variety of smart solutions,
of various complexity.

However,  if you know

1. who he is.
2. what computer he is using,

there is no easier way than to sniff packets on the network,
and see whether he/she connects to a Yahoo server (and in one
or more of these packets, the address will be shown in plaintext).
That is, unless you have a proxy server, which can log the full
requests.

Cheers,
Anders RM :)

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