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Show HN: ifcfg.net

48 points by namidark 13y ago

matiasb 13y ago
really useful
joshguthrie 13y ago
$ time curl ifconfig.me 88.177.189.XX curl ifconfig.me 0,01s user 0,01s system 0% cpu 2,517 total $ How is this for "cluttered with ads, taking too many seconds to respond"?
- namidark 13y ago
  I've had the response time vary wildly -- also try opening that up in a browser and you'll see what I mean.
- mikewhy 13y ago
  There's also ip.appspot.com, circa 2005 $ time curl ip.appspot.com 76.11.33.XXX real 0m0.184s user 0m0.007s sys 0m0.006s
vezzy-fnord 13y ago
Any way in particular that this would be preferable over using desktop tools and shell utilities?
- tptacek 13y ago
  For starters, because you can't use desktop tools to reliably figure out your effective, routed IP address.
tptacek 13y ago
You should keep adding stuff to this. You're right, with the exception of your IP address, most of this information is crudded up either with ads or with archaic 90's web interfaces.
- namidark 13y ago
  Thanks for the positive feed back :) I'm open to ideas -- its been a fun little project to learn Scala with.
gburt 13y ago
Find a way to make this profitable please. I'd love to use it, but I don't want it to disappear!
- marquis 13y ago
  The source code is published.
- namidark 13y ago
  Source is on github over at https://github.com/joshrendek/scala-ifcfg-api https://github.com/joshrendek/scala-ifcfg-api If you have play 2.2.1 in your path its as simple as running `play dist` and moving the zip over to your server, and running the shell script play creates :)
dewey 13y ago
This is great, thanks for sharing. I used to use ifconfig.me but somehow it's taking a long time to respond even if you are just using curl. So I'm glad I'll be able to replace it with your site.
- thejosh 13y ago
  Noticed ifconfig.me is very patchy in terms of response time, this tool does look nice if it stays fast.
malandrew 13y ago
There is also ifconfig.me
coderholic 13y ago
Check out http://ipinfo.io http://ipinfo.io too, which has both an uncluttered website and a simple API, eg: $ curl ipinfo.io { "ip": "67.188.232.131", "hostname": "c-67-188-232-131.hsd1.ca.comcast.net", "city": "Mountain View", "region": "California", "country": "US", "loc": "37.385999999999996,-122.0838", "org": "AS7922 Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.", "phone": 650 } $ curl ipinfo.io/geo { "ip": "67.188.232.131", "city": "Mountain View", "region": "California", "country": "US", "loc": "37.385999999999996,-122.0838", "phone": 650 } $ curl ipinfo.io/org AS7922 Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. $ curl ipinfo.io/8.8.8.8/org AS15169 Google Inc. More details available at http://ipinfo.io/developers http://ipinfo.io/developers
- rachelbythebay 13y ago
  "loc": "37.385999999999996,-122.0838", Did a float creep into the storage system at some point?
- xux 13y ago
  I find this really disturbing: http://ipinfo.io/recent http://ipinfo.io/recent Might not want to display people's data like that.
  - coderholic 13y ago
    What do you mean by "people's" data? It's information about an IP address that is completely public. You could find it by going to ipinfo.io/<any random IP address>, or by using various tools or other websites to look it up.
    - matiasb 13y ago
      I think he's talking about the recent IP list itself.
    - joshu 13y ago
      It's the recent accesses by those IP addresses as well. Don't be thick.
devNoise 13y ago
This looks interesting, but my knowledge of networking acronyms is lacking. While I know what RBL is, I'm not sure what AS is. Since I'm having trouble coming up with a search string to give me the answer, I'm asking for some help. Thanks
- coderholic 13y ago
  "Within the Internet, an Autonomous System (AS) is a collection of connected Internet Protocol (IP) routing prefixes under the control of one or more network operators that presents a common, clearly defined routing policy to the Internet", from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_System_Number http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_System_Number
  - devNoise 13y ago
    Thanks, that helped to clarify things.
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Malstrond 13y ago
No IPv6 :(
- jlgaddis 13y ago
  http://icanhazip.com http://icanhazip.com
geuis 13y ago
Pretty cool! I've been running http://jsonip.com http://jsonip.com for a few years too.
tzury 13y ago
Great work! '/as' and '/rbl' are quite useful. thanks for sharing this and the source code as well.
dsl 13y ago
Just a heads up, anything that allows you to get your external IP address will eventually get hardcoded into a shareware application of some sorts or used by a botnet. There is a reason all the popular sites are "slow to respond" or make you jump through CAPTCHA or rate-limit hoops.
jasonrojas 13y ago
oh look another IP info site.... Did I mention http://ifconfig.me/ http://ifconfig.me/ ?
hammadfauz 13y ago
To avoid relying on external sources, I use expect, to telnet into my router and get the ip address of its public interface. Here's an example expect script. http://serverfault.com/questions/89114/finding-the-public-ip-address-in-a-shell-script/501282#501282 http://serverfault.com/questions/89114/finding-the-public-ip...

48 points by namidark 13y ago

really useful

$ time curl ifconfig.me 88.177.189.XX curl ifconfig.me 0,01s user 0,01s system 0% cpu 2,517 total $ How is this for "cluttered with ads, taking too many seconds to respond"?

namidark 13y ago
I've had the response time vary wildly -- also try opening that up in a browser and you'll see what I mean.
mikewhy 13y ago
There's also ip.appspot.com, circa 2005 $ time curl ip.appspot.com 76.11.33.XXX real 0m0.184s user 0m0.007s sys 0m0.006s

vezzy-fnord 13y ago

Any way in particular that this would be preferable over using desktop tools and shell utilities?

tptacek 13y ago
For starters, because you can't use desktop tools to reliably figure out your effective, routed IP address.

tptacek 13y ago

You should keep adding stuff to this. You're right, with the exception of your IP address, most of this information is crudded up either with ads or with archaic 90's web interfaces.

namidark 13y ago
Thanks for the positive feed back :) I'm open to ideas -- its been a fun little project to learn Scala with.

gburt 13y ago

Find a way to make this profitable please. I'd love to use it, but I don't want it to disappear!

marquis 13y ago
The source code is published.
namidark 13y ago
Source is on github over at https://github.com/joshrendek/scala-ifcfg-api https://github.com/joshrendek/scala-ifcfg-api If you have play 2.2.1 in your path its as simple as running `play dist` and moving the zip over to your server, and running the shell script play creates :)

dewey 13y ago

This is great, thanks for sharing. I used to use ifconfig.me but somehow it's taking a long time to respond even if you are just using curl. So I'm glad I'll be able to replace it with your site.

thejosh 13y ago
Noticed ifconfig.me is very patchy in terms of response time, this tool does look nice if it stays fast.

malandrew 13y ago

There is also ifconfig.me

coderholic 13y ago

Check out http://ipinfo.io http://ipinfo.io too, which has both an uncluttered website and a simple API, eg: $ curl ipinfo.io { "ip": "67.188.232.131", "hostname": "c-67-188-232-131.hsd1.ca.comcast.net", "city": "Mountain View", "region": "California", "country": "US", "loc": "37.385999999999996,-122.0838", "org": "AS7922 Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.", "phone": 650 } $ curl ipinfo.io/geo { "ip": "67.188.232.131", "city": "Mountain View", "region": "California", "country": "US", "loc": "37.385999999999996,-122.0838", "phone": 650 } $ curl ipinfo.io/org AS7922 Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. $ curl ipinfo.io/8.8.8.8/org AS15169 Google Inc. More details available at http://ipinfo.io/developers http://ipinfo.io/developers

rachelbythebay 13y ago
"loc": "37.385999999999996,-122.0838", Did a float creep into the storage system at some point?
xux 13y ago
I find this really disturbing: http://ipinfo.io/recent http://ipinfo.io/recent Might not want to display people's data like that.
- coderholic 13y ago
  What do you mean by "people's" data? It's information about an IP address that is completely public. You could find it by going to ipinfo.io/<any random IP address>, or by using various tools or other websites to look it up.
  - matiasb 13y ago
    I think he's talking about the recent IP list itself.
  - joshu 13y ago
    It's the recent accesses by those IP addresses as well. Don't be thick.

devNoise 13y ago

This looks interesting, but my knowledge of networking acronyms is lacking. While I know what RBL is, I'm not sure what AS is. Since I'm having trouble coming up with a search string to give me the answer, I'm asking for some help. Thanks

coderholic 13y ago
"Within the Internet, an Autonomous System (AS) is a collection of connected Internet Protocol (IP) routing prefixes under the control of one or more network operators that presents a common, clearly defined routing policy to the Internet", from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_System_Number http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_System_Number
- devNoise 13y ago
  Thanks, that helped to clarify things.

deleted 13y ago

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Malstrond 13y ago

No IPv6 :(

jlgaddis 13y ago
http://icanhazip.com http://icanhazip.com

geuis 13y ago

Pretty cool! I've been running http://jsonip.com http://jsonip.com for a few years too.

tzury 13y ago

Great work! '/as' and '/rbl' are quite useful. thanks for sharing this and the source code as well.

dsl 13y ago

Just a heads up, anything that allows you to get your external IP address will eventually get hardcoded into a shareware application of some sorts or used by a botnet. There is a reason all the popular sites are "slow to respond" or make you jump through CAPTCHA or rate-limit hoops.

jasonrojas 13y ago

oh look another IP info site.... Did I mention http://ifconfig.me/ http://ifconfig.me/ ?

hammadfauz 13y ago

To avoid relying on external sources, I use expect, to telnet into my router and get the ip address of its public interface. Here's an example expect script. http://serverfault.com/questions/89114/finding-the-public-ip-address-in-a-shell-script/501282#501282 http://serverfault.com/questions/89114/finding-the-public-ip...