On Sat, 15 Nov 2014 12:18:22 -0600 Fraser Baker via Houston <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Y'all: > > > > Is there a way to get the Client's computer name or any other > identifying term? I can get the server's name, but that doesn't help > me. I have searched for this, without avail. I assume you are talking about a web request? Advertisers (and some three letter agencies) would love this. You only have access to what's in the request (including headers) and any information needed for the TCP/IP communication itself. Without doing something interesting client side, you have: * IP address (possibly machine or NAT router) * Referrer header * User Agent string * Cookies that you have sent * Request parameters * The URL itself * Some other protocol details that are probably not useful People with more JavaScript experience might be able to suggest some cool JavaScript tricks to grab some kind of identifying information. I'm not really sure what use the Client's computer name would be, in the general case. Out on the wide internet, you cannot guarantee the computer name is unique or adheres to any particular scheme. Inside a given company or subset, the IP address might be good enough to identify a user. But, it's hard to know without a better understanding of your goal. This is why most login systems use Cookies to track the user. (I realize that you probably know at least some of this. But, some background might help to eliminate the obvious stuff you've already tried.) Anyone else have an idea for Fraser? G. Wade -- There will always be things we wish to say in our programs that in all known languages can only be said poorly. -- Alan Perlis _______________________________________________ Houston mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston Website: http://houston.pm.org/
