>>>>> "Charlie" == Charlie Somerville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Charlie> I'm trying to get a users IP address but when i test it, it always returns Charlie> "192.0.0.0" which is not my IP. I can't tell you which %ENV key i'm using as Charlie> i forgot. Why do you want it? I hope you're not trying to base an authentication system around it? A unique user is not an IP address. A unique IP address is not a user. For example, many millions of users use AOL's proxy servers. On a given "hit" from a page, the various image fetches will come from many different machines. (I can demonstrate it if you want). And given that this already outnumbers any other significant userbase for your website... I think I can safely say "logging IP addresses is OK, but using them to define unique users will totally fail". -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
