Re: [PHP] Determining IP address

2001-09-06 Thread mike cullerton
hmmm... for those of us really in the know... spoofing doesn't let an invalid user get access to sensitive data on your site. if someone is spoofing a valid ip address, the return packets will travel to the spoofed ip address, not to the 'real' ip address of the spoofer. so, even though they ha

Re: [PHP] Determining IP address

2001-09-06 Thread Tom Carter
Just to bring that point up again for those in the know, IP addresses are easy to spoof, in other words make it appear that it comes from elsewhere. If your system contains sensitive or confidential data then I would suggest you do both - username/password and IP Do you have an intranet/secur

Re: [PHP] Determining IP address

2001-09-05 Thread Jason Brooke
> I was wondering if there is a way in PHP that you can determine the IP > address? I am wondering because I am developing a simple web based > program (in php) for use in a hospital setting and I want to do some > checks to make sure that the program is not being run from a computer > outside of

RE: [PHP] Determining IP address

2001-09-05 Thread Jason Murray
> I was wondering if there is a way in PHP that you can determine the IP > address? I am wondering because I am developing a simple web based > program (in php) for use in a hospital setting and I want to do some > checks to make sure that the program is not being run from a computer > outside of

[PHP] Determining IP address

2001-09-05 Thread Andrew V. Romero
I was wondering if there is a way in PHP that you can determine the IP address? I am wondering because I am developing a simple web based program (in php) for use in a hospital setting and I want to do some checks to make sure that the program is not being run from a computer outside of the hospi