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#35443 ip address unusual format

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Latest post by on Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:17 CDT

Sunday, 27 June 2021 13:10 CDT

chrishall57

Hi, every now and again I get notified about a potential security exception where the ip address appears to be obfuscated or simply displayed oddly. Example is below.

 

Hello,

We would like to notify you that a security exception was detected on your site, Jima Books and Downloads, with the following details:

IP Address: 2804:260:400:5db1:ca8d:83ff:fec6:5aef (IP Lookup: IP Lookup)
Reason: Login failure

Is this anything I need to be concerned about or can I simply ignore it when it happens?

Thanks

Chris

Monday, 28 June 2021 02:08 CDT

nicholas

This is an IPv6 address. It's neither odd nor obfuscated.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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Monday, 28 June 2021 02:58 CDT

chrishall57

Got it, thanks!

Admintools processes it correctly, it was just clicking on the IPlookup link doesn't work with IPv6 which was where I was confused.

Thanks.

Monday, 28 June 2021 05:01 CDT

nicholas

Right. I am not aware of any tool which will give you geolocation information for IPv6 addresses. Of course if any such tool appears we will include an option to use it in Admin Tools :)

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:17 CDT

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