ipInfo -- Extra user IP information

ipInfo is a replacement for the standard 'view users ip' option in
vBulletin. Normally when you click on the view ip button in a user's post
you'll only see his or hers ip address and host name.

With ipInfo you'll get more information. Besides the ip address and host
name you will also see what other users have posted with the same ip
address. That feature can be really good for spotting clones.

Another thing ipInfo will show you is what other ips this user has posted
with and how many times. Could be useful when you want to ban all of the
ips of a user and not just the one of that post.

Instructions, screenshot & php file attached!

Note: Parts of the IPs on the screenshot are hidden, this is obviously not the case when you install it on your site. They're hidden for security

It will probably look familiar to those that had or have a phpBB board. This was one of the features I missed so much in vBulletin, not anymore

Update: I forgot to add a phrase in the instructions. Instruction text file is updated. If you already have the hack installed add this phrase to the phrase group GLOBAL:
Varname: host_name
Text: Host Name

Thanks to Boofo for letting me know!

[dutchbb]

very usefull hack thanks

[Wential]

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

[integra99]

Originally Posted by Logan70

Any news on using this with the proxy hack?

would love to hear if it works.

What's the proxy hack?

[Hh75]

Very nice Hack. Thanks a lot!

CLICKED @ INSTALL

[Onkel_Tom]

well done Jordeh, thanks
[high]* Onkel_Tom clicks install
[/high]

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:

nbsp;<a href="ipinfo.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/ip2.gif" alt="$vbphrase[ip]" title="click here to show all IP-Addresses for User $post[username]" border="0" /></a>

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.

[RacerX]

Originally Posted by redlabour

Nice Hack......

@sully02 - ???? For what reason is a mod needing to see the IP from User ?

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.

[Limey-YMR]

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....

[Limey-YMR]

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?

[Wential]

Good points Limey.

[Pseudomizer]

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,