Get Original IP Address Of Any User From STUN IP Address Requests For WebRTC
Firefox and Chrome have implemented WebRTC that allow requests to STUN servers be made that will return the local and public IP addresses for the user. These request results are available to javascript, so you can now obtain a users local and public IP addresses in javascript. This demo is an example implementation of that.
What is STUN Server?
A STUN (Session Traversal of User Datagram Protocol [UDP] Through Network Address Translators [NATs]) server allows NAT clients (i.e. IP Phones behind a firewall) to setup phone calls to a VoIP provider hosted outside of the local network.
The STUN server allows clients to find out their public address, the type of NAT they are behind and the internet side port associated by the NAT with a particular local port. The STUN protocol is defined in RFC 3489.
The STUN protocol allows applications operating behind a network address translator (NAT) to discover the presence of the network address translator and to obtain the mapped (public) IP address (NAT address) and port number that the NAT has allocated for the application's User Datagram Protocol (UDP) connections to remote hosts. The protocol requires assistance from a third-party network server (STUN server) located on the opposing (public) side of the NAT, usually the public Internet.
Additionally, these STUN requests are made outside of the normal XMLHttpRequest procedure, so they are not visible in the developer console or able to be blocked by plugins such as AdBlockPlus or Ghostery. This makes these types of requests available for online tracking if an advertiser sets up a STUN server with a wildcard domain.
Code
Here is the annotated demo function that makes the STUN request. You can copy and paste this into the Firefox or Chrome developer console to run the test.
Get the IP addresses associated with an account
function getIPs(callback){
var ip_dups = {};
//compatibility for firefox and chrome
var RTCPeerConnection = window.RTCPeerConnection
|| window.mozRTCPeerConnection
|| window.webkitRTCPeerConnection;
var mediaConstraints = {
optional: [{RtpDataChannels: true}]
};
//firefox already has a default stun server in about:config
// media.peerconnection.default_iceservers =
// [{"url": "stun:stun.services.mozilla.com"}]
var servers = undefined;
//add same stun server for chrome
if(window.webkitRTCPeerConnection)
servers = {iceServers: [{urls: "stun:stun.services.mozilla.com"}]};
//construct a new RTCPeerConnection
var pc = new RTCPeerConnection(servers, mediaConstraints);
//listen for candidate events
pc.onicecandidate = function(ice){
//skip non-candidate events
if(ice.candidate){
//match just the IP address
var ip_regex = /([0-9]{1,3}(\.[0-9]{1,3}){3})/
var ip_addr = ip_regex.exec(ice.candidate.candidate)[1];
//remove duplicates
if(ip_dups[ip_addr] === undefined)
callback(ip_addr);
ip_dups[ip_addr] = true;
}
};
//create a bogus data channel
pc.createDataChannel("");
//create an offer sdp
pc.createOffer(function(result){
//trigger the stun server request
pc.setLocalDescription(result, function(){});
}, function(){});
}
//Test: Print the IP addresses into the console
getIPs(function(ip){console.log(ip);});
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