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> The browser can spoof REMOTE_HOST and even REMOTE_ADDR. Try this out:
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> From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 11:22 AM
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> > Is it possible for a browser to block t
> Is it possible for a browser to block the CGI.remote_host
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The only CGI variables that are provided by the browser are the ones that
begin with "HTTP_". The others are provided by the server environment. So
no, I don't think a browser ca
Thane Sherrington said:
> Is it possible for a browser to block the CGI.remote_host variable
No, it is generated by the webserver.
> or will there always be some IP address there?
It should be a hostname, cgi.remote_addr should have the IP address.
Jochem
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I gather remote_addr is perhaps more reliable - remote_host is supposed to
contain the hostname.
http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/env.html
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From: Thane Sherrington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, 20 April 2004 2:48 p.m.
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> From: Thane Sherrington
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> Is it possible for a browser to block the CGI.remote_host
> variable, or will there always be some IP address there?
It can be fakes fairly easily - there's software out there to do it
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