Re: Blocking off access
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2005
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 63197
interpreted = N
texte = paul wrote: .... > Dotted IP and normal IPs, in a range format .... Actually I think the dotted ones are the ones that are regarded as "normal." They're a bit tricky to do math with though. .... > 60,000 lines so a lookup would be best I think, If it's the database Will Starck gave us a link to - or similar to it, lookup won't work. The reason is that it gives ip no *ranges* rather than individual ip nos. (a complete ip no. list would be far bigger than 60 000 lines long). So you'll have to use two serch criteria and lookup won't allow that. I wouldn't worry too much though. WebDNA is *FAST*!!! > just need a starting point and I will give it a go Here' a quickie. Should work, but I'm sure somebody can come up with a more elegant solution: [!]Convert ip address to "ip number" and store as a variable named ipnumber[/!] [TEXT]ipnumber=[MATH][ListWords Words=[IPADDRESS]&delimiters=.]([WORD][SHOWIF [INDEX]<4]*256[/SHOWIF][SHOWIF [INDEX]<3]*256[/SHOWIF][SHOWIF [INDEX]<2]*256[/SHOWIF])+[/LISTWORDS]0[/MATH][/TEXT] [!]Search code[/!] [Search db=ip-to-country.db&ipFromtype=num&ipTotype=num&geipFromdatarq=[ipnumber]&leipTodatarq=[ipnumber]&max=1] [Founditems] {Insert whatever code you need to do what you want to do with the nationality data} [/Founditems] [/Search] Dale-List wrote: > > Keep in mind that this won't work for AOL as pretty much all of their > IPs reflect the US, even for european AOL users. True, and there are also surfers who use a proxy in a different country. There's simply no way to make an ip address based nationality identification hundred percent reliable. Frank Nordberg http://www.musicaviva.com ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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paul wrote: .... > Dotted IP and normal IPs, in a range format .... Actually I think the dotted ones are the ones that are regarded as "normal." They're a bit tricky to do math with though. .... > 60,000 lines so a lookup would be best I think, If it's the database Will Starck gave us a link to - or similar to it, lookup won't work. The reason is that it gives ip no *ranges* rather than individual ip nos. (a complete ip no. list would be far bigger than 60 000 lines long). So you'll have to use two serch criteria and lookup won't allow that. I wouldn't worry too much though. WebDNA is *FAST*!!! > just need a starting point and I will give it a go Here' a quickie. Should work, but I'm sure somebody can come up with a more elegant solution: [!]Convert ip address to "ip number" and store as a variable named ipnumber[/!] [text]ipnumber=[math][ListWords Words=[ipaddress]&delimiters=.]([WORD][SHOWIF [INDEX]<4]*256[/SHOWIF][SHOWIF [INDEX]<3]*256[/SHOWIF][SHOWIF [INDEX]<2]*256[/SHOWIF])+[/LISTWORDS]0[/MATH][/TEXT] [!]Search code[/!] [Search db=ip-to-country.db&ipFromtype=num&ipTotype=num&geipFromdatarq=[ipnumber]&leipTodatarq=[ipnumber]&max=1] [founditems] {Insert whatever code you need to do what you want to do with the nationality data} [/Founditems] [/Search] Dale-List wrote: > > Keep in mind that this won't work for AOL as pretty much all of their > IPs reflect the US, even for european AOL users. True, and there are also surfers who use a proxy in a different country. There's simply no way to make an ip address based nationality identification hundred percent reliable. Frank Nordberg http://www.musicaviva.com ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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