INFORMATION RESEARCH -IP ADDRESS

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You might be wondering what IP ADDRESS is all about,well I am about to give you the simplest explanation of it.

IP ADDRESS is also known as INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS,it is a unique identifier assigned to each device connected to a computer network. They are like phone numbers assigned to our devices. Devices cant talk to each other without an IP address. For a postal service to work,it needs unique address for each house,the same goes for an IP address. Each computer network needs to have a unique address called an IP address.

The IP ADDRESS is separated into two parts,the first part is the network while the second part is the host

Network number is like a street address while the host number number is the house number. For example,if you are 192.168.5.3,it means your house number is 3 and you want to give something to someone in house number 5 living on your street,all you do is change the host number to 5 i.e 192.168.5.5 (this will work if you are in the same network or neighborhood).

An IP ADDRESS contains 32 binary digits and each octet contains 0-255. It is separated into four lot of eight and 255 is the largest number that can be made from eight bits(255.255.255.255).

IP ADDRESSES are mathematically produced and allocated by the "INTERNET ASSIGNED NUMBER AUTHORITY (IANA)",a division of the "INTERNET CORPORATION for ASSIGNED NAMES and NUMBERS(ICANN)".

There are several IP address security threats such as Online Stalking, Downloading Illegal content, tracking down your location, directly attacking your network,hacking into your device and so on.

A good way to protect or hide IP ADDRESSES is by;