[Solved] Proxies

[Graham M]

Originally Posted by Stuart C

A common misconception, helped by lazy coding on some sites. The Proxy actually passes on both it's own IP and yours. Click "Connection" in the top bar above for a demo.

Talking of Lazy Coding

http://www.abyssunderground.co.uk/ip.php

[AbyssUnderground]

Originally Posted by Zeph

Talking of Lazy Coding

http://www.abyssunderground.co.uk/ip.php

Whats that supposed to mean?

[poolking]

Originally Posted by AbyssUnderground

Whats that supposed to mean?

He probably means your aren't getting the real IP of visitors to your site.

[AbyssUnderground]

Originally Posted by poolking

He probably means your aren't getting the real IP of visitors to your site.

But then I already knew that

[Graham M]

Just agreeing with Stuart's Comment about Lazy Coding that's all, nothing else.

[AbyssUnderground]

I dont understand how it is lazy coding though

Its good enough for what I built it for.

[Graham M]

well for me it displays

Your IP Address is: 80.4.224.9
Your DNS is: sotn-cache-6.server.ntli.net

which is completely untrue, this doesn't protect you in any way it just confuses the user lol.

[AbyssUnderground]

Originally Posted by Zeph

well for me it displays

Your IP Address is: 80.4.224.9
Your DNS is: sotn-cache-6.server.ntli.net

which is completely untrue, this doesn't protect you in any way it just confuses the user lol.

What do you mean it doesnt protect you?

[Stuart]

Err guys, can we not start a fight? I called it Lazy coding as a lot of forums do it, and, therefore, when they ban the IP of a user, if that user is Proxied, they ban everyone on that Proxy. I was not commenting on anyone's coding style.

[Graham M]

Im not fighting i was just trying to suggest that if he wants to show a User's IP rather than the proxy that he could, I would even be willing to write up and post the required extra code. (If he wants)

[AbyssUnderground]

Originally Posted by Zeph

Im not fighting i was just trying to suggest that if he wants to show a User's IP rather than the proxy that he could, I would even be willing to write up and post the required extra code. (If he wants)

If you could that would be brilliant .

[Graham M]

OK gimme a while and ill have it sorted.

[AbyssUnderground]

Originally Posted by Zeph

OK gimme a while and ill have it sorted.

Cheers

[Chrysalis]

abyss he is reffering to the x-forwarded-for header which shows the ip that the proxy is grabbing content for aka the user's real ip.

It is possible to avoid using any ntl proxy by using your own proxy on a non standard port.

[Graham M]

PHP Code:

<?php
if(isset($_SERVER["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"]))
{
$realip = $_SERVER["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"];
$realdns = gethostbyaddr($realip);

$proxyip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$proxydns = gethostbyaddr($proxyip);

?>
<div align="center">It was detected that you are behind a proxy!</div>
<table border="0" width="300" align="center">
<tr><td><font size="2">
<b>Your Real IP Address is:</b></font></td>
<td><font size="2"><?php print $realip;?></font></td></tr>
<tr><td><font size="2">
<b>Your Real DNS is:</b></font></td>
<td><font size="2"><?php print $realdns;?></font></td></tr>

<tr><td><font size="2">
<b>Your Proxy IP Address is:</b></font></td>
<td><font size="2"><?php print $proxyip;?></font></td></tr>
<tr><td><font size="2">
<b>Your Proxy DNS is:</b></font></td>
<td><font size="2"><?php print $proxydns;?></font></td></tr>
</table>
<?php
}
else
{
$realip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$realdns = gethostbyaddr($realip);

?>
<div align="center">It was detected that you are <b>NOT </b>behind a proxy!</div>
<table border="0" width="300" align="center">
<tr><td><font size="2">
<b>Your Real IP Address is:</b></font></td>
<td><font size="2"><?php print $realip;?></font></td></tr>
<tr><td><font size="2">
<b>Your Real DNS is:</b></font></td>
<td><font size="2"><?php print $realdns;?></font></td></tr>
<?php
}
?>

---------- Post added at 15:34 ---------- Previous post was at 15:23 ----------

Oh btw you can see this in action here: www.zeph.co.uk/abyss before you try it if you like

---------- Post added at 16:12 ---------- Previous post was at 15:34 ----------

Originally Posted by Chrysalis

It is possible to avoid using any ntl proxy by using your own proxy on a non standard port.

I run a Squid proxy on my server in the US and incredibly it's quite often faster and more reliable than the NTL ones, I run it on port 3128 so that the NTL Proxies can't touch it