 Re: The availability of IP addresses to regular users [message #160080 is a reply to message #160077] |
Wed, 22 July 2009 17:05  |
The Witcher
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I don't know what naudefj meant by "taking a chance" however there are those users who just like to agitate, and you would be a better judge than I if that is the case.
However I would immediately Check and see if you have : "Display IP Publicly" enabled or not!
It will be the 9th option after setting your servers timezone in the General Settings section of the admin control panel.
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Display IP Publicly:
Publicly display the IP address that the message was posted from. The administrators will always see the IPs and so will the forum moderators in the forums they moderate.
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As for soft ware there are available certain programs and addons which display IP such as "HostIP.info Geolocation Plugin" for fire fox which I use. But that only displays the ip of the server that a link is coming from not the users IP.
So unless a user was linking direct from their own PC (doubtful) it would not display any information about the users IP.
There is also a site called danasoft which offers a small widget that displays each individual Users own IP address and other such information , which some people find quite distracting
Although you may see your own IP, ISP, Operating system, and browser type in the danasoft widgit sign, I cannot, what I see is my own information.
I hope that helps.
"I'm a Witcher, I solve human problems; not always using a sword!"
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