Thanks! These are good places to test.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Singleton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 3:06 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: AOL > > Daniel Blumenthal wrote: > > We just switched from a single server to a cluster, with a load > > balancer out front to manage incoming connections. The > load balancer > > makes the decision to go to app server 1 (app1) or app > server 2 (app2) > > based on IP address - once a request comes in from one > source IP, all > > future requests (for some period of time) go to the same server. > > > > The problem is that it appears that AOL will randomly assign an IP > > address to every request a user sends. > > They presumably run a proxy farm: the IP addresses from > > request.getRemoteAddr() > > should be those of the (last) proxy which handled the request. > > AOL should use the HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR* header to convey the > originating IP address (do they?): you could get this with > > request.getHeader("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR") > > IMHO if your load balancer switches on RemoteAddr when an > HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR address is available then it is broken, > and if AOL don't set HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR then they are > guilty of Bad Practice (only those dodgy anonymising services > have a good reason to do that). > > Paul Singleton > > * or perhaps HTTP_CLIENT_IP > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To > unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
