Re: Determining real IP in various online security tests

From: YK (YKnot_at_home.invalid)
Date: 06/26/03 

Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 04:53:00 GMT

LLFormat wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering why it is that not all online security scanners can
> determine my real IP.
>
> For example, www.pcflank.com cannot determine my real IP, but does
> seem to know that my ISP uses a proxy server. I was actually looking
> forward to seeing the results from this previously unheard-of site,
> for me at least, but as it (www.pcflank.com) couldn't determine my
> real IP, it stopped the scan.
>
> However, www.grc.com can find my real IP in a matter of seconds. Is it
> just a case of the scripting (if that's the right term) at www.grc.com
> being simply better than that at www.pcflank.com ? Or is there 'more
> to this than meets the eye' ?
>
> Thanks for your time, and for any information you might have.
>
> Regards,
>
> LLFormat.

There is 'more that meets the eye'.
http://grc.com/np/rsvptech.htm

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