Re: Is it possible to detect when a person is connecting via VPN

[Raul A Jager W <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Maibe a call to traceroute will help,


On 04/10/2017 09:12 AM, Kevin Bucknum wrote:
> There is no difference between a user on the local network and a user
> coming in via a VPN as far as the operating system cares or knows about.
> The user connected from an IP address, and if we have a proper route
> back to them, we can respond and send them information. If you can't
> tell by the IP address, then you won't be able to tell as far as I know.
>
>
> Kevin Bucknum
> Senior Programmer Analyst
> MEDDATA/MEDTRON
> Tel: 985-893-2550
>   
> -----Original Message-----
> > From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> > Of Mark Murphy/STAR BASE Consulting Inc.
> > Sent: Monday, April 10, 2017 8:08 AM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: Is it possible to detect when a person is connecting via VPN
> >
> >  From an interactive RPG application, I want to be able to interrogate
> a user's
> > session to determine if they are on the local network, or if they are
> using a
> > VPN to gain access. The users in question have laptops with static IP
> > addresses. I don't want to know about the advantages of DHCP, the
> static IPs
> > are not my decision, and I don't have the authority to change it. I am
> looking
> > for an API or a technique to detect the VPN user.
> >
> > Mark Murphy
> > Atlas Data Systems
> > mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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