Internet tracing

Activity on internet leaves a trail that can be traced. Tracing is a process that follows the Internet activity backwards, from the recipient to the user. 

Techniques of Internet tracking and tracing can enable authorities to pursue and identify those responsible for malicious Internet activity. 

Tracing email: Email transmissions have several features that make it possible to trace their passage from the sender to the recipient computers. For example, every email contains a section of information that is dubbed the header. Information concerning the origin time, date, and location of the message is present, as is the Internet address (IP) of the sender’s computer. The IP number can be used to trace the true origin of the transmission.