Summary
- Separate allocation records, current route origin, service assignment and the person using a device.
- Preserve time, logs and corroborating evidence before treating an address as an accountability claim.
An IP address gives a network interface a reachable place in an addressing plan. Registries document resource stewardship, routing shows announced reachability and service logs may record a temporary assignment; none alone names the human behind one action. The next useful evidence is a time-aligned chain across those layers, with lawful access and uncertainty stated. Address scarcity, carrier-grade translation and dynamic leases make that discipline more important, not less.
