On 7 Aug 01, at 14:02, René Moonen wrote:
> The problem is that REMOTE_ADDR returns the IP address of the proxy (if
> if(getenv(HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR))
> {
> $ip=getenv(HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR);
> }
> else
> {
> $ip=getenv(REMOTE_ADDR);
> }
> $host = gethostbyaddr($ip);
except, perhaps, when there's also a firewall with NAT/MASQ involved - in
that case you'll probably not get much closer than the firewall's IP
address (at least, that's how it is on my network).
CYA, Dave
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