On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 13:38 -0500, Jeff Bisbee wrote: > * Jeff Bisbee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I just wanted to verify that there weren't any hidden gotchas by doing > > the following: > > > > # set actual ip of host doing the requesting instead of the proxy > > my ($actual_remote_ip) = split /,/, $r->header_in('X-Forwarded-For'); > > $r->connection->remote_ip($actual_remote_ip) if $actual_remote_ip; > > > > I just wanted to make sure there would be any conditions that the above > > code wouldn't handle. > > I guess I just want some quick feedback to make sure I'm going about > replacing the IP the right way and there isn't a better way to do it.
I've never tried it, but I assume it will work because it's in the docs: http://perl.apache.org/docs/1.0/guide/scenario.html#Getting_the_Remote_Server_IP_in_the_Back_end_server_in_the_Proxy_Setup - Perrin