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172 addresses

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172 addresses

172 addresses

(OP)
I have a php-script that checks whether a user is coming from inside our firewall (using a 172-address) or if he's coming from the outside (any other address). Certain restrictions appear for outside users.

But is it possible for an outside user to change his IP-address to appear as a 172-address in any way or are all 172-addresses always for inside-users?

RE: 172 addresses

(OP)
OK
We have 172.16 addresses internally.
But with what did that url help us out?

RE: 172 addresses

Sorry, I thought you asked 'are all 172-addresses always for inside users?' so I showed you that they weren't.

Only the one range of 172.16 to 172.31 is internal, the rest of the 172 addresses are external.

I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.

RE: 172 addresses

(OP)
OK, but the 172.16-series is fail safe?

RE: 172 addresses

172.16 - 172.31 are RFC 1918 Private Network Addresses.  All 172.x.x.x addresses outside of those ranges are legal internet addresses.

You need to change your filter on your php script to match against  172.16, rather than all 172 addresses.


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