Well, it depends really on the webserver you're using and how it handles
those variables, but if you're using Apache you can snag the
$ENV{REMOTE_ADDR}I don't know *exactly* how it works, but the OpenSRS code (check out Client.pm or XML_Client.pm) will grab this information. Charles Daminato OpenSRS Product Manager Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Jeff Miller > Sent: November 6, 2001 3:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Logging IP Address of Orders? > > > I just finished setting everything up on my account and was wondering if > there is a way to log the IP address of every order submitted. > > I've been doing web hosting for over three years and about 60% of > the orders > I receive are fraud. The easiest way to tell is to take the IP > address off > the order and do a Traceroute using VisualRoute. It will show > you where the > order was placed from. Most of the time the fraudulant orders I receive > have all the correct info of a US resident, name, address, > telephone number. > When I see the order was placed in Russia, Indonesia, Malaysia, etc. I > delete it. > > Back when I first started web hosting I didn't think about getting orders > with stolen credit card numbers. This ended up costing me over a > thousand > dollars due having to pay my web host and the $25 chargeback fees. > > > Is there some way to log the IP address of orders? I don't even want to > think about accepting any domain orders until this is possible. > > > Jeff > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp >
