Re: Tracing Threatening Email to an IP Address

["Navroz Shariff" <navroz.shariff () gmail com>]

You Cisco device performs NAT which is why it does not advertise any
internal addresses.

On 1 Feb 2007 19:42:34 -0000, ka4731 () aol com <ka4731 () aol com> wrote:
> My friend and I received a threatening email from an anonymous yahoo account.  We believe this may have come from one of my 
> friend's coworkers because the header information was traced back as far as the IP address of the Cisco Pix firewall within my 
> friend's company network.  All emails I receive from my friend have the IP address of his computer within his network.   Why is 
> it that the anonymous email header doesn't tie me to a computer or work station just like my friend but only shows the IP of the 
> firewall?


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