showmyip

A very simple command line to get your public IP

Why?

I've built this greatly silly app to learn Go and I needed a command line to show and periodically log my public ip address during external pentest and red teaming engagements.

Usage

compile

$ git clone https://github.com/KINGSABRI/showmyip.git
$ cd showmyip
# go get -d ./...
$ go build main.go
$ sudo cp main /usr/bin/showmyip

run it

showmyip -h
Usage of showmyip:
  -4    Show my public IPv4.
  -6    Show my public IPv6.
  -a    Show my public IPv4 & IPv6.
  -d int
        Run in loop to notify every X minutes. (default 10)
  -l string
        Log new IP address (use with '-n' flag).
  -n    Show desktop notifications. (Continues check every 10 min)

Examples

$ showmyip
$ showmyip -4 
$ showmyip -6 
$ showmyip -a
$ showmyip -a -n -l ip.log -d 10

Run it as a service

Linux (Systemd)

Create a systemd service file

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/showmyip.service

Edit then Paste the following configuration file

[Unit]
Description = ShowMyIP Desktop Notifcation and Log
After = network.target
StartLimitIntervalSec = 0

[Service]
Type = simple
User = KING
ExecStart = /usr/bin/showmyip -n -4 -l /home/YOURUSER/.showmyip/ip.log -d 20
Restart = always
RestartSec = 1
StartLimitBurst = 5
StartLimitIntervalSec = 10
WantedBy=multi-user.target

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

$ sudo systemctl start showmyip.service
$ sudo systemctl enable showmyip.service

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