I found this page that might help show you a little better exactly what is going on if you understand the programming end of websites:
http://reglos.de/myaddress/MyAddress.html Also, looking at that auditmypc page, notice the warning it gives you linking you to a 'patch manager' page? OK now that's weird. I just refreshed the page, and it looks different now. My view is now saying (replaced my IP with x's): 'Our system detects your internal IP address as 192.168.0.161 and your external address as xx.xx.xx.xx. Your internal IP should be hidden whereas your external is always exposed.' Again though if you follow the links, they're trying to sell you a service. It is possible to be able to send that information back up to a server. Wouldn't be that hard. Have the client side java program retrieve the address, store it in a form variable, then submit the form to a page on the server. It's just that not much can be done with that info. Because of the way NAT (and the GnatBox) works, it is just impossible for anything to route back to you through the 'Net. In all honesty, I'd block that particular website from being accessible. I get a little leary when I see things like "This information is not intended to scare, but to make you aware!" And when they use this tactic to try to sell you a service, well, that just earns them a block on my firewall. Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: david raistrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 12:52 > To: Randy Haley > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [gb-users] Internal ip address exposed? > > On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Randy Haley wrote: > > > One of my users went to a web site: > > http://www.auditmypc.com/internet-speed-test.asp?0.406 > > > > He was concerned that it detected his internal ip address. > > > The website in question executes a Java applet on your computer. The Java > applet is then looking at your computers network configuration, and > displaying it on the screen. > > > Removing the Java plugin, or disabling the browsers ability to use the > plugin, would prevent this applet from running. > > > -- > David Raistrick > Systems Administrator - Global Technology Associates, Inc > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Disclaimer: All opinions expressed are the opinions of > David Raistrick, not necessarily those of GTA, Inc. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archive: http://archives.gnatbox.com/gb-users/ ------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://archives.gnatbox.com/gb-users/
