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What's my source IP as seen from The Internet?
Similar listings, etc. found on The Internet:
https://bushart.org/resource/public-ip-using-dns/
https://52.0.56.137.sslip.io/#experimental
https://sysop.user.uucp.hu/programs/doc/extip.txt program: https://github.com/bandie91/extip
Publicly available resources to check:
Notes:
DNS column: U or T indicates respectively UDP or TCP only
May/probably going away ~2025-04-01 (not yet (all) gone as of 2025-04-17):
ip4.me, ip4only.me
ip6addr.com, ip6addr.net, ip6addr.org
ip6.me, ip6only.me
ipv6addr.com, ipv6addr.net, ipv6addr.org
onlyip4.me, onlyip6.me
whatismyipv6address.com, whatismyipv6address.net, whatismyipv6address.org
whatismyv6.com, whatismyv6.net, whatismyv6.org
per
https://www.reddit.com/r/ipv6/comments/1j5lrou/ip6me_and_related_sites_will_become_unavailable/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43256298
etc.
I'm hoping/intending to replace this wiki page with a list that's automagically maintained,
and also includes ability to programmatically accept submissions/updates.
Thus far it's still a work-in-progress.
Example Usage:
http/https
myv4="$(curl -4 -s https://ipv4.balug.org/myip)"
myv6="$(curl -6 -s https://ipv6.balug.org/myip)"
control_M="$(printf '\015')"
for path in \
1.1.1.1/cdn-cgi/trace \
ifconfig.co/ \
whatismyip.akamai.com/ \
dafuqismyip.com/ \
{,ipv4.,ipv6.}icanhazip.com/ \
ipchicken.com/ \
www.moanmyip.com/ \
myexternalip.com/raw \
simplesniff.com/ip \
wgetip.com/ \
whatsmyfuckingip.com/ \
wtfismyip.com/text \
ifconfig.io/ \
ipinfo.io/ip \
ident.me \
ifconfig.me/ \
ip.me/ \
ip{4,6}{,only}.me/api/ \
ipecho.net/plain \
tnx.nl/ip \
ip.tyk.nu/ \
corz.org/ip \
{,ipv{4,6}.}balug.org/myip \
api.ipify.org/ \
ip.42.pl/raw \
{,ipv{4,6}.}pry.sh/ \
{self{,6}.ip,myipv{4,6}}.addr.tools/ \
myip.wtf/text
do
for scheme in http https
do
for v in 4 6
do
case "$v" in
4)
myip="$myv4"
;;
6)
myip="$myv6"
;;
esac
curlopts="-"$v" -m 15 -s"
r=$(curl $curlopts "$scheme://$path")
case "$r" in
"$myip")
echo "\$ curl $curlopts $scheme://$path"
echo $r
;;
"$myip$control_M")
echo "\$ curl $curlopts $scheme://$path"
echo $myip'^M'
;;
*"$myip"*)
echo "\$ curl $curlopts $scheme://$path"
echo $myip found in text
;;
*)
myRE=$(
echo "$myip" |
sed -e 's/[.:]/-/g'
)
printf '%s' "$r" |
if grep "$myRE" >>/dev/null; then
echo "\$ curl $curlopts $scheme://$path"
echo $myip found in text in alternative format
elif [ "$scheme" = https ]; then
curlopts="-$v -k -m 15 -s"
r=$(curl $curlopts "$scheme://$path")
case "$r" in
"$myip")
echo "\$ curl $curlopts $scheme://$path # (https cert issue)"
echo $r
;;
"$myip$control_M")
echo "\$ curl $curlopts $scheme://$path # (https cert issue)"
echo $myip'^M'
;;
*"$myip"*)
echo "\$ curl $curlopts $scheme://$path # (https cert issue)"
echo $myip found in text
;;
*)
myRE=$(
echo "$myip" |
sed -e 's/[.:]/-/g'
)
printf '%s' "$r" |
grep "$myRE" >>/dev/null && {
echo "\$ curl $curlopts $scheme://$path"
echo $myip found in text in alternative format
}
;;
esac
fi
;;
esac
done
done
done; echo '$ '
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://1.1.1.1/cdn-cgi/trace
96.86.170.226 found in text
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://ifconfig.co/
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s http://ifconfig.co/
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://ifconfig.co/
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s https://ifconfig.co/
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://whatismyip.akamai.com/
96.86.170.226
$ curl -4 -k -m 15 -s https://whatismyip.akamai.com/ # (https cert issue)
96.86.170.226
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://dafuqismyip.com/
96.86.170.226^M
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s https://dafuqismyip.com/
2001:470:67:76f::2^M
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://icanhazip.com/
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s http://icanhazip.com/
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://icanhazip.com/
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s https://icanhazip.com/
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://ipv4.icanhazip.com/
96.86.170.226
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://ipv4.icanhazip.com/
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s http://ipv6.icanhazip.com/
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s https://ipv6.icanhazip.com/
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://ipchicken.com/
96.86.170.226 found in text
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://www.moanmyip.com/
96.86.170.226 found in text
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s https://www.moanmyip.com/
2001:470:67:76f::2 found in text
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://myexternalip.com/raw
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s http://myexternalip.com/raw
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://myexternalip.com/raw
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s https://myexternalip.com/raw
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -k -m 15 -s https://simplesniff.com/ip # (https cert issue)
96.86.170.226
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://wgetip.com/
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s http://wgetip.com/
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://wgetip.com/
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s https://wgetip.com/
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://whatsmyfuckingip.com/
96.86.170.226 found in text
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://wtfismyip.com/text
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s http://wtfismyip.com/text
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://wtfismyip.com/text
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s https://wtfismyip.com/text
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://ifconfig.io/
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s http://ifconfig.io/
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://ifconfig.io/
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s https://ifconfig.io/
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://ipinfo.io/ip
96.86.170.226
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://ipinfo.io/ip
96.86.170.226
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://ident.me
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s http://ident.me
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://ident.me
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s https://ident.me
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://ifconfig.me/
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s http://ifconfig.me/
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://ifconfig.me/
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s https://ifconfig.me/
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://ip.me/
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s http://ip.me/
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://ip.me/
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s https://ip.me/
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://ip4.me/api/
96.86.170.226 found in text
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://ip4.me/api/
96.86.170.226 found in text
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://ip4only.me/api/
96.86.170.226 found in text
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://ip4only.me/api/
96.86.170.226 found in text
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://ip6.me/api/
96.86.170.226 found in text
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s http://ip6.me/api/
2001:470:67:76f::2 found in text
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://ip6.me/api/
96.86.170.226 found in text
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s https://ip6.me/api/
2001:470:67:76f::2 found in text
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s http://ip6only.me/api/
2001:470:67:76f::2 found in text
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s https://ip6only.me/api/
2001:470:67:76f::2 found in text
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://ipecho.net/plain
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s http://ipecho.net/plain
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://ipecho.net/plain
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s https://ipecho.net/plain
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://tnx.nl/ip
96.86.170.226 found in text
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s http://tnx.nl/ip
2001:470:67:76f::2 found in text
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://tnx.nl/ip
96.86.170.226 found in text
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s https://tnx.nl/ip
2001:470:67:76f::2 found in text
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://ip.tyk.nu/
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s http://ip.tyk.nu/
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://ip.tyk.nu/
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s https://ip.tyk.nu/
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://corz.org/ip
96.86.170.226
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://ipv4.balug.org/myip
96.86.170.226
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://ipv4.balug.org/myip
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s http://ipv6.balug.org/myip
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s https://ipv6.balug.org/myip
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://api.ipify.org/
96.86.170.226
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://api.ipify.org/
96.86.170.226
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://ip.42.pl/raw
96.86.170.226
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://ip.42.pl/raw
96.86.170.226
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://pry.sh/
96.86.170.226 found in text
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s http://pry.sh/
2001:470:67:76f::2 found in text
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://pry.sh/
96.86.170.226 found in text
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s https://pry.sh/
2001:470:67:76f::2 found in text
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://ipv4.pry.sh/
96.86.170.226 found in text
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://ipv4.pry.sh/
96.86.170.226 found in text
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s http://ipv6.pry.sh/
2001:470:67:76f::2 found in text
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s https://ipv6.pry.sh/
2001:470:67:76f::2 found in text
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://self.ip.addr.tools/
96.86.170.226 found in text in alternative format
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://self.ip.addr.tools/
96.86.170.226 found in text in alternative format
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s http://self6.ip.addr.tools/
2001:470:67:76f::2 found in text in alternative format
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s https://self6.ip.addr.tools/
2001:470:67:76f::2 found in text in alternative format
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://myipv4.addr.tools/
96.86.170.226
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://myipv4.addr.tools/
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s http://myipv6.addr.tools/
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s https://myipv6.addr.tools/
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s http://myip.wtf/text
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s http://myip.wtf/text
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ curl -4 -m 15 -s https://myip.wtf/text
96.86.170.226
$ curl -6 -m 15 -s https://myip.wtf/text
2001:470:67:76f::2
$
DNS
myv4="$(curl -4 -s https://ipv4.balug.org/myip)" || exit
myv6="$(curl -6 -s https://ipv6.balug.org/myip)" || exit
control_M="$(printf '\015')"
#digopts='+noall +answer +nottl +norecurse'
digopts='+short +norecurse'
for ns_rr_class_types in \
'1.1.1.1 whoami.cloudflare CH TXT' \
'ns1.google.com. o-o.myaddr.l.google.com. IN TXT' \
'resolver1.opendns.com. myip.opendns.com. IN A AAAA' \
'ns.sslip.io. ip.sslip.io. IN TXT' \
'update.dynamic.name. my.dynamic.name. IN A' \
'ns1-1.akamaitech.net. whoami.akamai.net. IN A' \
'one.one.one.one. whoami.cloudflare. CH TXT' \
'dns.toys ip. IN TXT'
do
set -- $ns_rr_class_types
NS="$1"; shift; RR="$1"; shift; CLASS="$1"; shift; TYPES="$*"
for TYPE in $TYPES
do
query="$RR $TYPE $CLASS"
for v in 4 6
do
case "$v" in
4)
myip="$myv4"
;;
6)
myip="$myv6"
;;
esac
r=$(dig @"$NS" $digopts -"$v" $query 2>>/dev/null) &&
case "$r" in
\""$myip"\"|"$myip")
echo "\$ dig @"$NS" $digopts -"$v" $query"
echo $r
;;
*"$myip"*)
echo "\$ dig @"$NS" $digopts -"$v" $query"
printf 'found in text:\n%s\n' "$r"
;;
*)
myRE=$(
echo "$myip" |
sed -e 's/[.:]/-/g'
)
printf '%s' "$r" |
if grep "$myRE" >>/dev/null; then
echo "\$ dig @"$NS" $digopts -"$v" $query"
echo $myip found in text in alternative format
fi
;;
esac
r=$(dig @"$NS" +tcp $digopts -"$v" $query 2>>/dev/null) &&
case "$r" in
\""$myip"\"|"$myip")
echo "\$ dig @"$NS" +tcp $digopts -"$v" $query"
echo $r
;;
*"$myip"*)
echo "\$ dig @"$NS" +tcp $digopts -"$v" $query"
printf 'found in text:\n%s\n' "$r"
;;
*)
myRE=$(
echo "$myip" |
sed -e 's/[.:]/-/g'
)
printf '%s' "$r" |
if grep "$myRE" >>/dev/null; then
echo "\$ dig @"$NS" +tcp $digopts -"$v" $query"
echo $myip found in text in alternative format
fi
;;
esac
done
done
done; echo '$ '
$ dig @1.1.1.1 +short +norecurse -4 whoami.cloudflare TXT CH
"96.86.170.226"
$ dig @1.1.1.1 +tcp +short +norecurse -4 whoami.cloudflare TXT CH
"96.86.170.226"
$ dig @ns1.google.com. +short +norecurse -4 o-o.myaddr.l.google.com. TXT IN
"96.86.170.226"
$ dig @ns1.google.com. +tcp +short +norecurse -4 o-o.myaddr.l.google.com. TXT IN
"96.86.170.226"
$ dig @ns1.google.com. +short +norecurse -6 o-o.myaddr.l.google.com. TXT IN
"2001:470:67:76f::2"
$ dig @ns1.google.com. +tcp +short +norecurse -6 o-o.myaddr.l.google.com. TXT IN
"2001:470:67:76f::2"
$ dig @resolver1.opendns.com. +short +norecurse -4 myip.opendns.com. A IN
96.86.170.226
$ dig @resolver1.opendns.com. +tcp +short +norecurse -4 myip.opendns.com. A IN
96.86.170.226
$ dig @resolver1.opendns.com. +short +norecurse -6 myip.opendns.com. AAAA IN
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ dig @resolver1.opendns.com. +tcp +short +norecurse -6 myip.opendns.com. AAAA IN
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ dig @ns.sslip.io. +short +norecurse -4 ip.sslip.io. TXT IN
"96.86.170.226"
$ dig @ns.sslip.io. +tcp +short +norecurse -4 ip.sslip.io. TXT IN
"96.86.170.226"
$ dig @ns.sslip.io. +short +norecurse -6 ip.sslip.io. TXT IN
"2001:470:67:76f::2"
$ dig @ns.sslip.io. +tcp +short +norecurse -6 ip.sslip.io. TXT IN
"2001:470:67:76f::2"
$ dig @update.dynamic.name. +short +norecurse -4 my.dynamic.name. A IN
96.86.170.226
$ dig @ns1-1.akamaitech.net. +short +norecurse -4 whoami.akamai.net. A IN
96.86.170.226
$ dig @ns1-1.akamaitech.net. +tcp +short +norecurse -4 whoami.akamai.net. A IN
96.86.170.226
$ dig @one.one.one.one. +short +norecurse -4 whoami.cloudflare. TXT CH
"96.86.170.226"
$ dig @one.one.one.one. +tcp +short +norecurse -4 whoami.cloudflare. TXT CH
"96.86.170.226"
$ dig @one.one.one.one. +short +norecurse -6 whoami.cloudflare. TXT CH
"2001:470:67:76f::2"
$ dig @one.one.one.one. +tcp +short +norecurse -6 whoami.cloudflare. TXT CH
"2001:470:67:76f::2"
$ dig @dns.toys +short +norecurse -4 ip. TXT IN
"96.86.170.226"
$ dig @dns.toys +short +norecurse -6 ip. TXT IN
"2001:470:67:76f::2"
$
ssh
myv4="$(curl -4 -s https://ipv4.balug.org/myip)" || exit
myv6="$(curl -6 -s https://ipv6.balug.org/myip)" || exit
control_M="$(printf '\015')"
for userathost in \
sshmyip.com myip@{,ipv{4,6}.}balug.org
do
for v in 4 6
do
case "$v" in
4)
myip="$myv4"
;;
6)
myip="$myv6"
;;
esac
sshopts="-$v -n -o BatchMode=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null"
r=$(ssh $sshopts $userathost 2>>/dev/null)
case "$r" in
"$myip")
echo "\$ ssh -$v $userathost"
echo $r
;;
"$myip$control_M")
echo "\$ ssh -$v $userathost"
echo $myip'^M'
;;
*"$myip"*)
echo "\$ ssh -$v $userathost"
echo $myip found in text
;;
*)
myRE=$(
echo "$myip" |
sed -e 's/[.:]/-/g'
)
printf '%s' "$r" |
if grep "$myRE" >>/dev/null; then
echo "\$ ssh -$v $userathost"
echo $myip found in text in alternative format
fi
;;
esac
done
done; echo '$ '
$ ssh -4 sshmyip.com
96.86.170.226 found in text
$ ssh -6 sshmyip.com
2001:470:67:76f::2 found in text
$ ssh -4 myip@balug.org
96.86.170.226
$ ssh -6 myip@balug.org
2001:470:67:76f::2
$ ssh -4 myip@ipv4.balug.org
96.86.170.226
$ ssh -6 myip@ipv6.balug.org
2001:470:67:76f::2
$
telnet
myv4="$(curl -4 -s https://ipv4.balug.org/myip)" || exit
myv6="$(curl -6 -s https://ipv6.balug.org/myip)" || exit
control_M="$(printf '\015')"
for domain in \
telnetmyip.com
do
for v in 4 6
do
case "$v" in
4)
myip="$myv4"
;;
6)
myip="$myv6"
;;
esac
telnetopts="-$v"
r=$(sleep 2 | telnet $telnetopts $domain 2>>/dev/null)
case "$r" in
"$myip")
echo "\$ telnet -$v $domain"
echo $r
;;
"$myip$control_M")
echo "\$ telnet -$v domain"
echo $myip'^M'
;;
*"$myip"*)
echo "\$ telnet -$v $domain"
echo $myip found in text
;;
*)
myRE=$(
echo "$myip" |
sed -e 's/[.:]/-/g'
)
printf '%s' "$r" |
if grep "$myRE" >>/dev/null; then
echo "\$ telnet -$v $domain"
echo $myip found in text in alternative format
fi
;;
esac
done
done; echo '$ '
$ telnet -4 telnetmyip.com
96.86.170.226 found in text
$ telnet -6 telnetmyip.com
2001:470:67:76f::2 found in text
$