On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 11:31 AM, < [email protected]> wrote:
> On 2014-05-27 12:17, Gene Wirchenko wrote: > >> At 08:12 2014-05-27, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> I'm wondering how to identify the user's IP address so we can apply >>> tighter security. (MySQL allows you to restrict access by IP address.) >>> >>> How do you get the person's true IP (and not just the internal network >>> IP)? Do you do a TraceRt and someone glean it from that? >>> >> >> What do you mean by "true IP"? >> >> An internal network IP address is a genuine IP address. If such >> a user can access the rest of the Internet, there will be an >> outward-facing IP address (belonging to a router not the user) which >> is used along with a port number (which changes for each Website >> session), and this is tracked by the router. One of the names for >> this is "IP masquerading". >> >> > > Hi Gene, > > I meant when the guy hits the web database, what is his IP? I wanted to > capture that in my VFP app so as to know where he's coming from. I can > configure the MySQL database to only accept certain IP addresses---that's > the motivation here...to increase security. > ---------- > Can someone work from home at night? Will a salesman be able to log in at a clients site, or at a vendors site? Just presenting that not all work is done at the worksite. You are probably safe when you force a VPN on all off site interaction. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Analyst Ring Container Technology Oakland TN 901.246-0159 cell --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAJidMY+i-02hcu1_i1eG2XKM+_aL4gp=LQPJ+=ylwfawfek...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
