very usefull hack thanks

Excellent hack for Admins! You get my vote for security hack of the year.

What's the proxy hack?

Very nice Hack. Thanks a lot!

CLICKED @ INSTALL :)

well done Jordeh, thanks
[high]* Onkel_Tom clicks install ;)
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For instance the "proxy IP hack" Users can do a workaround.

In Template postbit_ip instead of changing the line
<a href="postings.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getip&amp;p=$post[postid]">

add a separate line at the end of this Template.

find in Template postbit_ip:
[code]<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/ip.gif" alt="$vbphrase[ip]" title="IP-Address: $post[ip] ......... etc. etc. </if>" border="0" /></a>[code]

add after:
pay attention that the code "</if>" is still at the end of this template !

After that copy the attached image ip2.gif to your /forum/images/buttons directory.

Now you have both Hacks working on your forum.

My Super Mods do all sorts of detective work, as do my senior mods and some forum leaders... We only have a few admins and to make this a real strong tool people other than admins would be a huge plus if you cannot already select.

Very nice Hack.
I'll use it in conjunction with the Geobytes IP address locator, http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm

of course, AOL proxied users generate false positives, those AOL proxies always screw up webmaster stats....

When perusing, "Who's online" users that are using ipinfo.php are flagged as being in an unknown location, and the syntax passed to ipinfo.php is shown.

Can normal users access this file if they observe the full URL on the whos online page?

Is it possible to change the whos online variable to, "running security checks" or something similar.

And would it be advisable to place the ipinfo.php in the admincp folder, or at least somewhere that's protected by username/password such as an .htaccess/.htpasswd protected directory on an apache server?

Good points Limey.

Nice Hack. A combination of the proxy IP hack and of this one would be great because right now, i have 2 buttons in each post. Just one button and one template showing all information would be great. Give it a try !!!

Cheers,