STUN IP Address requests for WebRTC

Demo: https://diafygi.github.io/webrtc-ips/

What this does

Firefox and Chrome have implemented WebRTC that allow requests to STUN servers be made that will return the local and public IP addresses for the user. These request results are available to javascript, so you can now obtain a users local and public IP addresses in javascript. This demo is an example implementation of that.

Additionally, these STUN requests are made outside of the normal XMLHttpRequest procedure, so they are not visible in the developer console or able to be blocked by plugins such as AdBlockPlus or Ghostery. This makes these types of requests available for online tracking if an advertiser sets up a STUN server with a wildcard domain.

Code

Here is the annotated demo function that makes the STUN request. You can copy and paste this into the Firefox or Chrome developer console to run the test.

//get the IP addresses associated with an account
function getIPs(callback){
    var ip_dups = {};

    //compatibility for firefox and chrome
    var RTCPeerConnection = window.RTCPeerConnection
        || window.mozRTCPeerConnection
        || window.webkitRTCPeerConnection;
    var mediaConstraints = {
        optional: [{RtpDataChannels: true}]
    };

    //firefox already has a default stun server in about:config
    //    media.peerconnection.default_iceservers =
    //    [{"url": "stun:stun.services.mozilla.com"}]
    var servers = undefined;

    //add same stun server for chrome
    if(window.webkitRTCPeerConnection)
        servers = {iceServers: [{urls: "stun:stun.services.mozilla.com"}]};

    //construct a new RTCPeerConnection
    var pc = new RTCPeerConnection(servers, mediaConstraints);

    //listen for candidate events
    pc.onicecandidate = function(ice){

        //skip non-candidate events
        if(ice.candidate){

            //match just the IP address
            var ip_regex = /([0-9]{1,3}(\.[0-9]{1,3}){3})/
            var ip_addr = ip_regex.exec(ice.candidate.candidate)[1];

            //remove duplicates
            if(ip_dups[ip_addr] === undefined)
                callback(ip_addr);

            ip_dups[ip_addr] = true;
        }
    };

    //create a bogus data channel
    pc.createDataChannel("");

    //create an offer sdp
    pc.createOffer(function(result){

        //trigger the stun server request
        pc.setLocalDescription(result, function(){}, function(){});

    }, function(){});
}

//Test: Print the IP addresses into the console
getIPs(function(ip){console.log(ip);});