Dial-home applications?

[benz]

I am looking for a compact, discreet program that I can leave running at all times in the background of Windows, which, upon establishing a connection with the internet, remotely logs the current time, IP, gateway, DNS server, etc....

This is essentially a "dial-home" version of laptop security, so it won't prevent my laptop from getting stolen per se, but it should certainly aid in the recovery. I have my MAC addresses written down and safely kept at home, but when push comes to shove you can't pick out a laptop from the internet with just these values, so I want to have something secretly (to the thief) publish my IP and such on a server of my choice.

Suggestions? Thanks in advance!

[Leon]

http://www.sentryinc.com/

also, consider this in addition....

www.trackitback.com

[Nolonemo]

Of course, that means you would have to disable thinkpad passwords, since you would want the thief to boot up and use the thing.

[Leon]

That's why I like (and use) the Tags with Passwords. When the thief realizes he/she can't get in, they are likely to go for the reward.