Not Omnis

[Rob Mostyn]

Hi Mike,

When someone hits your website there are a number of headers that include information such as:
IP address of the requestor
IP port number of the requestor
locale (country-language)
cookie (if you have set a cookie value)
… and quite a few others

The IP address is as close as you will get to know who is visiting your website unless you have developed a login procedure in which case the visitor has identified themselves to you.

I am assuming you are using Omnis as your ultra-thin server where each page is requested from Omnis (as opposed to Apache/nginx/IIS whatever).

If you record your page requests and include the IP address, there are web services available where you can get geolocation info based on the IP address.

Rob Mostyn


> On 22 Jan 2025, at 05:55, Mike Rowan <mgrowan at fastmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Am I right in thinking that I cannot find out who visits my website?  Perhaps this is due to the invention of VPNs? 
> 
> Mike Rowan
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