From 6890048041f30bc747f73c8709c3909c4d2642df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miroslav Stampar <miroslav.stampar@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 12:13:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Modifying the mechanism to check for --check-internet

---
 data/txt/sha256sums.txt  | 4 ++--
 lib/controller/checks.py | 5 ++---
 lib/core/settings.py     | 8 ++++----
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index 68daefeeb..b7a6a87ae 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ df768bcb9838dc6c46dab9b4a877056cb4742bd6cfaaf438c4a3712c5cc0d264  extra/shutils/
 4608f21a4333c162ab3c266c903fda4793cc5834de30d06affe9b7566dd09811  extra/vulnserver/__init__.py
 eed1db5da17eca4c65a8f999166e2246eef84397687ae820bbe4984ef65a09df  extra/vulnserver/vulnserver.py
 96a39b4e3a9178e4e8285d5acd00115460cc1098ef430ab7573fc8194368da5c  lib/controller/action.py
-fad6640f60eac8ad1b65895cbccc39154864843a2a0b0f2ac596d3227edcd4f6  lib/controller/checks.py
+2c8652359d6790755117ec5c68d0ddffacff5f3377ad5004c4fffd29c2446d61  lib/controller/checks.py
 34e9cf166e21ce991b61ca7695c43c892e8425f7e1228daec8cadd38f786acc6  lib/controller/controller.py
 49bcd74281297c79a6ae5d4b0d1479ddace4476fddaf4383ca682a6977b553e3  lib/controller/handler.py
 4608f21a4333c162ab3c266c903fda4793cc5834de30d06affe9b7566dd09811  lib/controller/__init__.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ c4bfb493a03caf84dd362aec7c248097841de804b7413d0e1ecb8a90c8550bc0  lib/core/readl
 d1bd70c1a55858495c727fbec91e30af267459c8f64d50fabf9e4ee2c007e920  lib/core/replication.py
 1d0f80b0193ac5204527bfab4bde1a7aee0f693fd008e86b4b29f606d1ef94f3  lib/core/revision.py
 d2eb8e4b05ac93551272b3d4abfaf5b9f2d3ac92499a7704c16ed0b4f200db38  lib/core/session.py
-1bb803780eb75c2a1f7f815e307f2531d76409e78863426e535401c551243beb  lib/core/settings.py
+8382e074a0233294ac9d274abbf0bbfa190c1d263f1d8c1a218f4fe7189e7405  lib/core/settings.py
 1c5eab9494eb969bc9ce118a2ea6954690c6851cbe54c18373c723b99734bf09  lib/core/shell.py
 4eea6dcf023e41e3c64b210cb5c2efc7ca893b727f5e49d9c924f076bb224053  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 cdd352e1331c6b535e780f6edea79465cb55af53aa2114dcea0e8bf382e56d1a  lib/core/target.py
diff --git a/lib/controller/checks.py b/lib/controller/checks.py
index 06bf5d8b6..92b1aac67 100644
--- a/lib/controller/checks.py
+++ b/lib/controller/checks.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ from lib.core.exception import SqlmapUserQuitException
 from lib.core.settings import BOUNDED_INJECTION_MARKER
 from lib.core.settings import CANDIDATE_SENTENCE_MIN_LENGTH
 from lib.core.settings import CHECK_INTERNET_ADDRESS
-from lib.core.settings import CHECK_INTERNET_VALUE
+from lib.core.settings import CHECK_INTERNET_CODE
 from lib.core.settings import DEFAULT_COOKIE_DELIMITER
 from lib.core.settings import DEFAULT_GET_POST_DELIMITER
 from lib.core.settings import DUMMY_NON_SQLI_CHECK_APPENDIX
@@ -1586,8 +1586,7 @@ def checkConnection(suppressOutput=False):
     return True
 
 def checkInternet():
-    content = Request.getPage(url=CHECK_INTERNET_ADDRESS, checking=True)[0]
-    return CHECK_INTERNET_VALUE in (content or "")
+    return Request.getPage(url=CHECK_INTERNET_ADDRESS, checking=True)[2] == CHECK_INTERNET_CODE
 
 def setVerbosity():  # Cross-referenced function
     raise NotImplementedError
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index b98e99675..9648bc0f1 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.9.7.8"
+VERSION = "1.9.7.9"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
@@ -634,10 +634,10 @@ LAST_UPDATE_NAGGING_DAYS = 180
 MIN_ERROR_PARSING_NON_WRITING_RATIO = 0.05
 
 # Generic address for checking the Internet connection while using switch --check-internet (Note: https version does not work for Python < 2.7.9)
-CHECK_INTERNET_ADDRESS = "http://ipinfo.io/json"
+CHECK_INTERNET_ADDRESS = "http://www.google.com/generate_204"
 
-# Value to look for in response to CHECK_INTERNET_ADDRESS
-CHECK_INTERNET_VALUE = '"ip":'
+# HTTP code to look in response to CHECK_INTERNET_ADDRESS
+CHECK_INTERNET_CODE = 204
 
 # Payload used for checking of existence of WAF/IPS (dummier the better)
 IPS_WAF_CHECK_PAYLOAD = "AND 1=1 UNION ALL SELECT 1,NULL,'<script>alert(\"XSS\")</script>',table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE 2>1--/**/; EXEC xp_cmdshell('cat ../../../etc/passwd')#"