How do they do it?

[macampbell]

Hi folks sometimes when I go to a forum, or web page, I get this notice telling me my IP adress and my ISP.

Can someone tell me how it is done, and if it is a danger to my machine?

Thanks

guyos

[Astalavista]

your not in any danger. it is a script that tells your ip address that is all.

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

At this very moment when you are reading this post, you are spreading your IP... Every time you request a webpage or anything else, you have shown your IP... How could a server otherwise know where he should send the requested data to?

Nothing to be scared of

[VitoCorleone]

Can sm give me link to script like that?

thnx

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

ehm... no use google!

At every forum there are a couple of users who have such a sig, right-click one of those and see at what domain they are hosted. Then browse to that domain and voila.

[gamehead200]

Can sm give me link to script like that?

thnx

PHP:

<?php $ip = $REMOTE_ADDR; echo $ip; ?>

Here's mine:

[prathapml]

Man.... ain't it nice to use a sig like that, and scare people? They think that you now know their OS, browser, IP and ISP....

But actually, even with such sigs your IP is only visible to yourself (other than the server).

If you want to see how it works, or you want such a sig for yourself, go here - http://www.danasoft.com.

[VitoCorleone]

nice thnx

@gamehead200 the "i am currently not listening to any music" and "computer offline" refers to you?

[gamehead200]

nice thnx

@gamehead200 the "i am currently not listening to any music" and "computer offline" refers to you?

Yes... I USED to have a plug-in for iTunes that would FTP what song I was playing to my webspace and would display it there... And I also have a script in that signature that tells me (or you) if my computer is online or offline (a basic PHP ping)...