RE: [PHP] IP and countries -- Discussion Continues
| From: | Jason Murray | Date: | Wed, 08 Nov 2000 03:55:35 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] IP and countries -- Discussion Continues | ||
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> Is there more to this that I am missing ?
Yes, aol.com could be in the USA, Australia, the UK or (I believe)
Hong Kong.
An ISP in Melbourne Australia could also have a .com domain just
for the hell of it.
You *can't* reliably detect country of origin from the remote host.
(Not every IP address has a reverse lookup, anyway).
Jason