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Forwarding IP Address

Novell Cool Solutions: Question & Answer

Posted: 22 Aug 2003

Q:
Is it possible to forward the IP address of the browser to the webserver to see it on the logs of the webserver? The option "Forward browser IP address in Request Header [X-Forwarded-For]:" sent the IP address of the browser in the HTTP HEADER but the webserver logged the IP of iChain Server.



A:
The Web server has to log the X-Forwarded-For field. The client IP address, as far as the origin Web server logs are concerned, will always be the iChain box.

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