Identifying apache uniquely? 1

[notuserfriendly]

Hi

I'm wondering if there's a nice way of uniquely identifying
an apache server or php installation. I want to use my code on different servers and need to find a way to know
which server the code is running on.

I

 

[DRJ478]

Suggestions:
1. Server IP
2. $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']

 

[notuserfriendly]

Thanks for the reply but
I'm aware of how to get the IP, I'm more searching
for a fingerprint that uniquely identifies the server, since IP:s can change. In the phpinfo() there is nothing
uniquely identifying the server.

 

[DRJ478]

If they have a SSL certificate you could probe the SSL port. These certificates surely are unique.

 

[lgarner]

`hostname` would return the computer's hostname.

 

[notuserfriendly]

I think I have to try the SSL certificate then, was
thinking on the ssh2 certificate, but just wanted to
know if there was another way.

Thanks, and I probably should mark the thread solved or something

 

[gratemyl]

when the script is first run, create a random number using something like microtime() or rand() and store it in a file. this number will be unique in almost all cases (like 99.999%)

that way you can uniquely identify the server