[SOLVED] Wikipedia expose their ip freely. So nothing happens to them?

[Ganesh Ujwal123]

Wikipedia editors expose their ip freely. So nothing happens to them?

 

[rgd1101]

like what suppose to happened to them?

 

[COLGeek]

Wikipedia editors expose their ip freely. So nothing happens to them?

Why is this even a question? What bearing does it have on your membership here?

 

[SamirD]

Every web site has their IP number available. It's how the Internet works. No IP, no connection.

Now when you are a server like that you are getting hit with hundreds of packets a second of traffic that is attempting to cause malice. But that is what the IT dept is for.

 

[omninano]

Wikipedia editors expose their ip freely. So nothing happens to them?

What are you expecting to happen to them?

 

[DeauteratedDog]

I think the OP is confused by the general advice not to publish your IP address - if web sites publish their address why is it bad?

The answer being that if you want somebody to connect to your site you MUST publish your address, but if you aren't running a server then there is no need to and no reason to attract potential bad actors to your IP.

If you are running a router that does NAT (your LAN addresses are different from your WAN address) you are generally pretty safe - your router just drops uninvited traffic.