[nflug] need idea

[vlok stone]

Peter, you could set them up with a dynamic dns entry 
and cron job it. 

--- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:

> Hello All,
>   I need an idea where I can find the originating IP
> of an email. I 
> monitor alot of my clients servers, etc. and I have
> the cron jobs and 
> such email me, which I have filters for and then
> sort them by who they 
> are so things are organized. I also like to be able
> to help my clients 
> out from time to time and ssh in to do things and I
> would like to not 
> have to tell them to do a /sbin/ifconfig or if they
> are behind a router, 
> to go to my web site and then I have a look at
> /var/log/httpd/access.
>   For most of my clients, if I look at the message
> headers of the cron 
> emails, I can see the IP and then use that to log
> in, mostly cable dhcp 
> clients. However, I am finding more and more dsl
> dhcp clients to be a 
> problem because not only do they change alot (and
> normally not a problem 
> because each day has a new email) but when I look at
> the dsl clients 
> message headers I see something like this
> 
> Return-Path: <root at thecybersource.com>
> Received: from localhost.localdomain
> (pool-71-251-164-250.bflony.east.verizon.net
> [71.251.164.250])
> 	by thecybersource.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id
> k1K9AHeL024738
> 
> If this were cable, the ip would be 71.251.164.250
> but this does not 
> seem to work with dsl, it is not reporting the
> actual ip that the client 
> used when the box sent the email.
> 
> So, I am looking for a way to have a cron run or
> something on the box 
> that can send me a daily email showing the public ip
> they are using. I 
> initially thought of doing a cron that could do a
> traceroute but I that 
> doesnt work either. I don't know if something has
> changed on routers 
> today to block such a process but when I use
> traceroute today, alot of 
> it just times out with multiple ***.
>   Anyway, ideas anyone?
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