A friend who wanted to go to a site that does not allow US visitors,
used a proxy service located in the UK. The site knew his browser was
coming from the US. I had him hit my server using the proxy, and it
shows an IP from Germany. Somehow the proxy does change the IP, but
still reveals
Hi Roland,
If the location is revealed by the proxy, then that must be a feature
unique to that particular proxy (this is not typical) so I would not
expect all proxys to provide this for you.
Have you tried an HTTP sniffer yet, to see the request information?
There might be a custom
Normally, the reason you use a proxy like that, is to mask yourself,
your friend must have used one that forwarded his info.
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Robert Garcia
President - BigHead Technology
VP Application Development - eventpix.com
13653 West Park Dr
Magalia, Ca 95954
ph: 530.645.4040 x222 fax: 530.645.4040
While we're on the subject ... where can one obtain the most reliable IP
address / country of origin list, to build this intelligence into a project?
Thanks in advance ...
Ian
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Hi Ian,
The most reliable source is the registries themselves, listed on the
following link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_IP_database
Put consolidating this information from the different sources yourself
is a pain (not to mention ongoing changes), which is why most people
use a
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Hi Ian,
The most reliable source is the registries themselves, listed on the
following link
http
USA: 919-799-9076
Canada: www.webenergy.ca
USA: www.webenergyusa.com
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Hi Ian,
The most
Thank you, all I appreciate the quick feedback.
As usual, you guys are great.
Ian
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How can a server detect the country of origin of a browser when the
browser is set up to go through a proxy in a different country?
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It can't
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Robert Garcia
President - BigHead Technology
VP Application Development - eventpix.com
13653 West Park Dr
Magalia, Ca 95954
ph: 530.645.4040 x222 fax: 530.645.4040
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