sixate

I'm curious.
What all is involved in making this?
If you refresh, it changes the last line.

BuDDaH

yup, it does..

N I C E...

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wpulley

holy crap, it told me I was a 'left handed lesbian eskimo' using Mozilla/Netscrape 5.

that's way off... I'm using Mozilla 1.4!

viveleroi0

Well Netscape is based off of Mozilla. It is giving you the version of netscape, not the version of Mozilla.

Anyway, I know that images can be created dynamically using PHP, but I have never seen it setup to link directly to the image like that, that's weird.

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Redirect

purdy kool, xcept when i refreshed it change from IE6 to Nutscrape 5 ???????????????

bannet

Said ie6 but im in opera guess it fooled it

drawerfixer

I take it Safari is based off Mozilla?

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Realizm

Can't you set certain file names / extensions to alias to different file extensions? Like maybe .jpg there is set to be the extension for php files.

juanvaldes

It's just reading the information your browser sends out (user agent string etc) but I dont' know how its' done.

I first saw it surfing around and tripped when I saw it WAS my IP in someones sig. Pretty cool however they do it.

heyal256

I don't know what goes into programming that, but i have seen numerous popups that show the same information "click here to scan your computer for vulnerabilities".
I know that the server can report the ip you are coming from and the OS/browser version is from the user agent string (as Juanvaldes mentioned).
My best guess is that the picture has the text dynamically rendered upon request. Either way, that is very cool.

Xirax

It's not a fan of opera i see

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The_Dude

i know you can get the info thru javascript, but it doesnt look like they're using it here.

how they hell are they compiling it as a pic??

that's amazing....

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Realizm

They keep it a secret, as you'll see. My bet is if you pay for their software..

Halx

the secret is mod_rewrite
there is no file called http://www.danasoft.com/vipersig.jpg
the server takes that specific file request and redirects it to a PHP file that draws up that image instead.

*bow*

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Realizm

I was just about to post that, damnit. :-(

http://www.zend.com/zend/tut/dynamic.php

I didn't know mod_rewrite what it is called though. I just realized that's what's happening.

Here's the mod_rewrite page:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html

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If you'll notice, it's not a jpg, it's a PNG. You can also put any number of letters/characters/whatever after the jpg and it will work.

MacGnG

it's perl/cgi script (probly), interesting, good script, difficult.

make your own

http://www.smiliegenerator.com/smiliegenerator_eng.html

merkerguitars

lol...same isp as me...thats hilarious

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merker :-(

mpedrummer2

Might even be the same IP, merker...maybe you're schitzophrenic and writing code.

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BoCo

Freaky shit, dude. Get your ass in gear and find out how to do it.

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whale

wow! eheheh! cool. where can i get that snippet?

sorta works like http://whatsmyip.smokingmedia.com/

crazycousinjim

Hey your profile says you are from Ohio, but your IP is from Denmark.

sixate

That's because you're from Denmark! It's reflecting whose ever info is looking at it back to them

mpedrummer2

Wow...this post is hilarious...watching the hampsters die...

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crazycousinjim

Nrrrrrrrrrrrr I thought it was a screenshot. Stupid me

Wombat

Check your Opera settings. Most people seem to leave it as "Identify Opera as Internet Explorer".

billcollins

Nahh, it's based off Konquer (KDE's browser)

The dave

does anyone know the code? i would really like to get that

billcollins

Realizm posted a link with a tutorial.

poof

Halx, is that program doohickie like iframe?

big_bubba

Whoa that's too cool......

gigawatz

Nope, iframe is a client side object, mod_rewrite is a server side event. You've got to have a server to play with to be able to configure something like that.

Great effect though, I'd love to learn how to do that also, it'll help me with something else less intrusive....

poof

appreciate the feedback <b>gigawatz</b> . You sound like you know your stuff. I always respect that in a person. Thanks again.

macmanmike6100

if you view the source of the page, I'm sure you'll be able to find out how. However, this won't help if they create the graphic server-side (which is, actually, what I think is more probable)

guthmund

SM70 EDIT: MERGED

I know I've seen this around on other websites and such.

I just now decided to find out a little more about it.



does anybody have the code for this???

The website danasoft.com only allows for you to link to a picture whereas I want the nuts and bolts.

I just thought it was interesting.

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MahlerIsGod

Shocking! They must be incredibly accurate. Windows XP and IE 6!(Sigh) That's like a psychic telling you she is getting an image of someone you know who has feet and that at some point in your life you've been near water. Personally, I wouldn't put much credibility into it.

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SecretMethod70

um...it's not the pictures fault you use the typical software It was right on with me as well - Linux and Mozilla. I'm curious as to how this works as well. Perhaps the link that you use for the picture is dynamic somehow and depending on the identification it leads to a proper pic? *shrug* Been quite awhile since I've poked around in web code.

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sakvee

Check this page, it has a heap of javascript for displaying users browser, ip, etc.

Javacript

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henlin

it does pick up what you're using, i've just told opera to id as IE 6 and it changed to IE 6 from opera. Quite a nice idea

charliex

its usually done with GD and PHP , there was a thread on this a few weeks ago.