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A client/server system for tracking peoples' IP addresses.

The server runs as an NT service or Win32 console app and keeps track of peoples' IP addresses. The client is a Windows program that lives in the system tray and communicates with the server. It can be configured to keep the server posted as to whether the client is running or not (which can indicate online vs. offline) as well as check in on a periodic basis. It can also query the server to see the information for a particular user, including their IP address, online/offline status, and last seen date and time. This system was once very helpful to me for keeping track of the IP addresses of computers with dialup connections to the Internet. It could have been useful as a layer upon which a general-purpose communications system (like ICQ) could be built.

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