My PHP based webpage populates a set of IP addresses from database. I need to run PING command for any IP address clicked by the user from the local machine. I know its a security issue and browsers may/ should not allow such execution of 'shell commands' BUT there must be some workaround.. to get it done. Suggestions and guidance required from gurus.
You're thinking about this wrongly. You don't need to ping from the client; do it from the server!
This question covers how to do that using PHP.
No more security headaches to worry about!