Is there a way to find IP address?

[Damjan]

>> > Normaly I can log user's IP address using os.environ["REMOTE_ADDR"] .
>> > If a user  is behind a proxy, I will log  proxy's IP address only.
>> > Is there a way how to find a real IP user's address?
>>
>> os.environ["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"]
>>
>> (but that can easily be spoofed, and is mostly meaningless if the user
>> uses local IP addresses at the other side of the proxy, so you should
>> use it with care)

> How can be HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR easily  spoofed? I thought that  IP
> address is not possible change.

I can setup my browser to always send you a fake HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR
header.



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damjan