pbojinov / request-ip

A Node.js module for retrieving a request's IP address on the server.
https://npmjs.com/package/request-ip
MIT License
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Are there any security concerns when saving the IP directly to a database? #16

Closed devzl closed 8 years ago

pbojinov commented 8 years ago

It really depends on the context, just storing an IP address by itself doesn't strike me as a security concern.

Take a look at this thread on Security Stackexchange, it might help clarify: http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/19018/what-can-a-hacker-do-with-an-ip-address