Is there a way or a module for Apache to get the X-Forwarded-For header?

- Ming

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joshua
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Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 8:46 AM
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Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Forwarded-For and default apache logging

On 2/2/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does apache automatically log the client IP address if the client goes

> through a proxy that sends an X-Forwarded-For header?

No.  Doing so would allow trivial spoofing since the X-Forwarded-For
header is completely under the control of the client.

> If i set up a proxy for people, and do NOT want it to be anonymous, 
> will my proxy ip show up in other servers http-access logs?

No.

Joshua.

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