Can IP address be interpreted into real domain name?

I need to download some information from a company's FTP site and they gave
me their ftp's ip address (ie. ftp://103.44.230.332). The problem is that
the information that I download is from my company's competition, so if they
know I'm downloading I can get into trouble (and maybe get fired). To
download the site I use a username/password so I'm not worried about them
downloading anything after I leave my office. But if they find somewhere (in
my PC or the server), that I visited this IP address, can they figure out
what company it belongs to? And once I log out, can they still have access
to what I downloaded? The information I want to download is an 80 MB PDF
file, but I'm worried that they may trace it once I leave the office.

Thanks.

Sure they could find out the company name. It probably could appear in the
firewall logs with your computer's IP address as the computer communicating
with it. Personally I think you would be nuts to take the risk if it is
against policy. --- Steve


"Jimco" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I need to download some information from a company's FTP site and they
>gave
> me their ftp's ip address (ie. ftp://103.44.230.332). The problem is that
> the information that I download is from my company's competition, so if
> they
> know I'm downloading I can get into trouble (and maybe get fired). To
> download the site I use a username/password so I'm not worried about them
> downloading anything after I leave my office. But if they find somewhere
> (in
> my PC or the server), that I visited this IP address, can they figure out
> what company it belongs to? And once I log out, can they still have access
> to what I downloaded? The information I want to download is an 80 MB PDF
> file, but I'm worried that they may trace it once I leave the office.
>
> Thanks.
>
>

Thanks for the info. Since our copany's so small, we don't have a firewall.
We have direct access to the Net. Is it still impossible?

"Steven L Umbach" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Sure they could find out the company name. It probably could appear in the
> firewall logs with your computer's IP address as the computer
communicating
> with it. Personally I think you would be nuts to take the risk if it is
> against policy. --- Steve
>
>
> "Jimco" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I need to download some information from a company's FTP site and they
> >gave
> > me their ftp's ip address (ie. ftp://103.44.230.332). The problem is
that
> > the information that I download is from my company's competition, so if
> > they
> > know I'm downloading I can get into trouble (and maybe get fired). To
> > download the site I use a username/password so I'm not worried about
them
> > downloading anything after I leave my office. But if they find somewhere
> > (in
> > my PC or the server), that I visited this IP address, can they figure
out
> > what company it belongs to? And once I log out, can they still have
access
> > to what I downloaded? The information I want to download is an 80 MB PDF
> > file, but I'm worried that they may trace it once I leave the office.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
>
>

Jimco wrote:
> I need to download some information from a company's FTP site and
> they gave me their ftp's ip address (ie. ftp://103.44.230.332). The
> problem is that the information that I download is from my company's
> competition, so if they know I'm downloading I can get into trouble
> (and maybe get fired). To download the site I use a username/password
> so I'm not worried about them downloading anything after I leave my
> office. But if they find somewhere (in my PC or the server), that I
> visited this IP address, can they figure out what company it belongs
> to? And once I log out, can they still have access to what I
> downloaded? The information I want to download is an 80 MB PDF file,
> but I'm worried that they may trace it once I leave the office.
>
> Thanks.

General note: a lot of the people who reply in here are themselves systems
administrators, and you're unlikely to get a lot of help with questions like
"how can I sneak things by my own sysadmins at work" (kind of like asking a
cop where to buy dope).

I suggest you do this at home, not at work. Don't know what kind of logging
they do in your office, but nothing you do is untraceable if they want to
find out and know how.