[NMLUG] Minimal IP address reflector

[michaelm at nnmc.edu (Michael Maddex)]

Michael W. Folsom wrote:

>    If you go to:
>        [1]http://whatismyipaddress.com/
>    the ip address is contained in the line:
>      <BR><center><font size=5><B>Your IP address is
>    216.184.14.29</B></font><BR>(Now detects many <A
>    HREF='/staticpages/index.php/proxy-server'>proxy
>    servers</A>)</center><P>
>    is it possible to write a filter script to yank out the ip number?

You might try:

$ lynx -dump http://whatismyipaddress.com/ | grep "Your IP address is" \
| tr -s ' ' | cut -d' ' -f6

HTH

>    M-
>    Kelly Jones wrote:
> 
> There are several websites that will "reflect" your IP address
> (whatsmyip.org, whatismyipaddress.com, auditmypc.com/whats-my-ip.asp,
> showipaddress.com, and even things like secure order pages,
> etc). You can even get this info from some MediaWikis if you're not
> logged in:
> 
> [2]http://en.wikipedia.org/w/query.php?what=userinfo&format=txt
> 
> However, all these pages return lots of extra junk, not to mention
> HTTP headers, etc. Is there a "minimal" IP address reflector where I
> could maybe telnet to a port on a given host and see my IP? Something
> like the daytime service [port 13] NIST offers for the current time
> (or time [port 37] service for binary data):
> 
> 
> 
> telnet time-a.nist.gov daytime
> 
> 
> Trying 129.6.15.28...
> Connected to time-a.nist.gov.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 
> 54309 07-07-28 16:59:56 50 0 0 523.2 UTC(NIST) *
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> 
> only for IP addresses? I realize I could write one myself, but am
> looking for an existing service.
> 
> References
> 
>    1. http://whatismyipaddress.com/
>    2. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/query.php?what=userinfo&format=txt
> 

-- 
Michael Maddex -- Instructor
Computer Science and Technology
Northern New Mexico College

"Talk is cheap.  Show me the code."
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