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-Original Message-
From: Costas Piliotis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 2:47 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Setting CGI.REMOTE_ADDR
It's not as hard as you think...
tion... I just used the wrong words... To rephrase...
It's possible to "mask" your IP...
:)
-Original Message-
From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 1:01 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Setting CGI.REMOTE_ADDR
> It's not as ha
> It's not as hard as you think... The easiest way to spoof
> your IP is to go through a proxy. There's tonnes of open
> proxies on the internet you can use to spoof your IP.
>
> For example:
> http://www.freedom.net/products/websecure/
While the use of a proxy might solve the original poster'
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Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 10:05 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Setting CGI.REMOTE_ADDR
> Anyone been able to spoof an IP in a CFHTTP post by setting
> cgi.remote_addr? Trying on MX but doesn't seem to be working...
I'd be very surprised if that worked - IP spoo
bject: Re: Setting CGI.REMOTE_ADDR
CGI variables are only used for informational purposes. Spoofing an IP
address on an outbound connection would require direct TCP programming to
tell the drivers to send a different IP address, IIRC. Why would you want
to do such a thing from a CF app anyway?
-J
> Anyone been able to spoof an IP in a CFHTTP post by setting
> cgi.remote_addr? Trying on MX but doesn't seem to be working...
I'd be very surprised if that worked - IP spoofing is a bit more complex
than that, and you can't do it through the HTTP protocol. That CGI variable
is determined by th
CGI variables are only used for informational purposes. Spoofing an IP
address on an outbound connection would require direct TCP programming to
tell the drivers to send a different IP address, IIRC. Why would you want
to do such a thing from a CF app anyway?
-Justin Scott, Lead Developer
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