[Techtalk] Getting names and addresses of forum users

[H. Peter Anvin]

Arashi wrote:
 >
> At one linux forum I often visit, someone recently said he(she?) was
> planning to publish (though not at this particular forum) the real names and
> addresses of trolls who had been regularly flaming him/her.
> 
> The impression I got from that thread was that grabbing people's names and
> addresses thru a forum they're members of is quite easy.  Is this true, or
> is it just script kiddie bravado?  How is this possible?  I'm not asking
> because I want to do it myself - I just don't want it to happen to me.
> 

It probably depends on the forum.

	-hpa