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I use http://ip-api.com/ http://ip-api.com/ and I find it works great (docs: http://ip-api.com/docs/ http://ip-api.com/docs/). It provides response formats: xm

by msantos 13y ago

I use http://ip-api.com/ http://ip-api.com/ and I find it works great (docs: http://ip-api.com/docs/ http://ip-api.com/docs/). It provides response formats: xml, json, csv, newline separated, serialized php. And enforce a limit of 240 requests per minute (that's 14,400 per hour for the lazy). Fun fact, if you're running tor (tor-0.2.4.17 as proxy not the browser) you'll see the tor exit node in "IP:" and your actual ip i "Real IP:", thanks to gdns' EDNS (https://gdns.re/edns-demo/ https://gdns.re/edns-demo/)

ianhawes 13y ago
Is there an API for this?
- msantos 13y ago
  the geo ip API can be found at http://ip-api.com/docs/home http://ip-api.com/docs/home and as for the geo-DNS check https://gdns.re/ https://gdns.re/
dfc 13y ago
Fun fact: if you are running tor and you see the tor exit node and your IP you are doing it wrong! You are leaking DNS requests. Tor goes to great lengths informing you that something is wrong in the logs. This is not thanks to edns, it is thanks to your inability to use the software correctly. Please see: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/Preventing_Tor_DNS_Leaks https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/Preventing...
- msantos 13y ago
  >it is thanks to your inability to use the software correctly I disagree, but have you said it is down to my inability to explain what the problem is, then I agree. I'm aware of the DNS leaks, and obviously wasn't clear enough and failed to explain what the problem was. The leak only happens when you run the tor proxy daemon, and your own browser with the appropriate proxy settings. It's down to the way Firefox, uses the defined proxy for the initial DNS and HTTP requests, but then bypasses it when doing DNS lookups for JS within the initial page loaded. It doesn't leak DNS lookups made by JS scripts if you use the tor version that includes a mod-Firefox browser.
sleepyhead 13y ago
They don't support SSL though.

by msantos 13y ago

ianhawes 13y ago

Is there an API for this?

msantos 13y ago
the geo ip API can be found at http://ip-api.com/docs/home http://ip-api.com/docs/home and as for the geo-DNS check https://gdns.re/ https://gdns.re/

dfc 13y ago

Fun fact: if you are running tor and you see the tor exit node and your IP you are doing it wrong! You are leaking DNS requests. Tor goes to great lengths informing you that something is wrong in the logs. This is not thanks to edns, it is thanks to your inability to use the software correctly. Please see: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/Preventing_Tor_DNS_Leaks https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/Preventing...

msantos 13y ago
>it is thanks to your inability to use the software correctly I disagree, but have you said it is down to my inability to explain what the problem is, then I agree. I'm aware of the DNS leaks, and obviously wasn't clear enough and failed to explain what the problem was. The leak only happens when you run the tor proxy daemon, and your own browser with the appropriate proxy settings. It's down to the way Firefox, uses the defined proxy for the initial DNS and HTTP requests, but then bypasses it when doing DNS lookups for JS within the initial page loaded. It doesn't leak DNS lookups made by JS scripts if you use the tor version that includes a mod-Firefox browser.

sleepyhead 13y ago

They don't support SSL though.