[pm-h] Client Computer Name

[Jim Bacon]

Do I dare throw “proxy server” (as in “anonymous”) into the mix?

Jim

On Nov 15, 2014, at 1:00 PM, John Lightsey via Houston <houston at pm.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 2014-11-15 at 13:01 -0600, G. Wade Johnson via Houston wrote:
>> On Sat, 15 Nov 2014 12:18:22 -0600
>> Fraser Baker via Houston <houston at pm.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Y'all:
>>> 
>>> Is there a way to get the Client's computer name or any other
>>> identifying term? I can get the server's name, but that doesn't help
>>> me. I have searched for this, without avail.
>> 
>> I assume you are talking about a web request?
>> 
> 
> ...
> 
>> Anyone else have an idea for Fraser?
> 
> The question is difficult to answer without more detail.
> 
> Software is client side:
> - Sys::Hostname
> 
> Software is server side and client is a willing participant:
> - cookies without any registration process
> - registration + email confirmation + login/cookies/api-tokens/etc
> 
> Software is server side and client is malicious or unwilling to provide
> information:
> - use the IP address instead of the hostname
> - browser fingerprinting (Browser::FingerPrint)
> - reverse DNS lookup (gethostbyaddr() or Net::DNS)
> - shodan (WWW::Shodan::API)
> - nmap, particularly the NSE scripts (Nmap::Parser)
> 
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