I am using IO::Socket::INET and IO::Socket::SSL (depending on whether I need a plain-text connection or an SSL connection) to connect to a remote server. I am using a hostname and not an IP address to specify the remote server to connect to.

However, the DNS server lists several IP addresses for that hostname (round-robin DNS). Since the DNS server can be changed at anytime to add or remove IP addresses, it is important that I use the hostname.

The problem that I am having is how to determine which IP address I am currently connected to. I am trying to avoid doing a DNS lookup myself on the hostname, and then using the returned IP address for the connection... I am not even sure how to do that, but I may have to go down that road if I can't find a more elegant solution to the problem.

Anyways, is there a way to determine the remote IP address of a currently connected session in Perl?

Thanks,
Zucan

In reply to How to determine IP address of a remote connection? by Zucan

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