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Sounds a lot like ifconfig.me...
by drakmail 7y ago
Sounds a lot like ifconfig.me...
- haecceity 7y agoThis one is 3 letters shorter!
- lukejjh 7y ago"Sounds a lot" like it? Sure. I've already acknowledged that on the about page. The important point of difference here is that ipv4.cat is listening for any TCP connection, not just HTTP requests. This is probably most significant for Windows since no CLI HTTP client is included out of the box (with the exception of some PowerShell cmdlets). Even a telnet client isn't included by default in Windows nowadays. This is the most universal way (as far as I can tell) to obtain a public IP address from any operating system at a terminal - just type `ftp ipv4.cat`. That's why I think this is unique.