Even this won't work. I host sites from the UK (.uk) and Israel (.il) here
in Michigan, USA. So the computer is in the US, the IP address is here, the
DNS points to the Middle East. Then PSI has a global network. Their IP
address block is registered in the States, but their dial-in POPs in Italy
use that same IP block. Is the IP address US or Italian?
- Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Freitag [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 4:07 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: IP Tracing
There isn't a sure fire way to do this. An IP address might not always
resolve to a DNS name. There are some CFX tags in the tag gallery that will
resolve an IP address to a host name. Figuring out how to find the
geographic location is another issue, that isn't always very accurate. One
way to do it, is use the top level domain .com, .ca, .us, .uk, etc. You
could build a database relating the top level domain to a Country .ca ->
Canada
.com -> US
this isn't always very accurate because people outside the US can buy .com
domains, etc.
You could also use the whois database, and the find out where the get the
address of the company from that database, this might be more accurate, but
it requires more processing.
____________________________________________________
Pete Freitag
CFDEV.COM
Cold Fusion Developer Resources
http://www.cfdev.com/
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott P. Heffron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 1:42 PM
To: Cf-Talk
Subject: IP Tracing
Is there a way by getting the requestors IP Address. Find out which country
or area, they are from. Part of the application we are working on is asking
for this.
TIA,
Scott Heffron
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