From 97f323975d481d309fa063a5a17ecde346d70c88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John W Kerns Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 10:24:14 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] README Updated --- README.md | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 48c3a35..d140914 100755 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,8 +1,14 @@ -# CheckMyIP (TelnetMyIP [![Twitter][twitter-logo]][twitter]) [![CheckMyIP][logo]][twitter] -A Telnet and SSH Based Public IP Address Lookup Service +# CheckMyIP (TelnetMyIP.com) ![CheckMyIP][logo] +A Telnet, SSH and Simple HTTP Based Public IP Address Lookup Service -Lookup your IP Address from a CLI with `telnet telnetmyip.com` or `ssh sshmyip.com` +----------------------------------------- +### Try Me! +- TELNET: `telnet telnetmyip.com` +- SSH: `ssh sshmyip.com` + - Your SSH client may require you to enter a username. You can use anything you want (`ssh -limrootbitch telnetmyip.com`) +- CURL: `curl telnetmyip.com` +- WGET: `wget -qO- telnetmyip.com` ----------------------------------------- ### VERSION ### @@ -25,7 +31,7 @@ Everybody has used a service like [WhatIsMyIP.com](https://www.whatismyip.com/) ----------------------------------------- ### HOW TO USE ### -Using the public **TelnetMyIP.com** and **SSHMyIP.com** services is pretty easy: simply connect to them with a terminal client. You can use a telnet client with TCP port 23 (`telnet telnetmyip.com`), or a SSH client with TCP port 22 (`ssh sshmyip.com`). The SSH connection requires no authentication, but your SSH client may require you to enter a username, you can use anything you want as it gets ignored anyways(`ssh -limrootbitch telnetmyip.com`). +Using the public **TelnetMyIP.com** and **SSHMyIP.com** services is pretty easy: simply connect to them with a terminal client. You can use a telnet client with TCP port 23 (`telnet telnetmyip.com`), a SSH client with TCP port 22 (`ssh sshmyip.com`), or CURL (`curl telnetmyip.com`). The SSH connection requires no authentication, but your SSH client may require you to enter a username, you can use anything you want as it gets ignored anyways(`ssh -limrootbitch telnetmyip.com`). You can also browse to the HTTP version of the service at [TelnetMyIP.com](http://telnetmyip.com/) which will return a JSON reply with your IP information.