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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE APACHE GROUP OR * ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT * NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; * LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, * STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED * OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. * ==================================================================== * * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many * individuals on behalf of the Apache Group and was originally based * on public domain software written at the National Center for * Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. * For more information on the Apache Group and the Apache HTTP server * project, please see . * */ /* proxy_add_forward module * * This module adds a 'X-Forwarded-For' header to outgoing * proxy requests like Squid does. * * You can then get the client ip back on the "proxied host" by * setting r->connection->remote_ip from this header. * * Ask Bjoern Hansen , October 1998 * Changes: * June 8 1999: Added instructions on how to compile it into the * frontend apache * * April 12 1999: Changed the sample code so it doesn't confuse the * C compiler, ydkhr! Thanks to Mike Whitaker for * noticing. * * March 1 1999: Added sample code on how to use the header with * mod_perl * To use the module you have to compile it into the frontend part of your server, I usually copy the module to apache-1.3/src/modules/extra/ and use APACI like: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache \ --activate-module=src/modules/extra/mod_proxy_add_forward.c \ --enable-module=proxy_add_forward [... more apaci options ...] You should also be able to compile and use this module as a dynamically loaded module (DSO). TMTOWTDI, but I usually make the 'backend' part of the system something like the following: in startup.pl: sub My::ProxyRemoteAddr ($) { my $r = shift; # we'll only look at the X-Forwarded-For header if the requests # comes from our proxy at localhost return OK unless ($r->connection->remote_ip eq "127.0.0.1"); if (my ($ip) = $r->header_in('X-Forwarded-For') =~ /([^,\s]+)$/) { $r->connection->remote_ip($ip); } return OK; } And in httpd.conf: PerlPostReadRequestHandler My::ProxyRemoteAddr */ #include "httpd.h" #include "http_config.h" #include "http_core.h" module MODULE_VAR_EXPORT proxy_add_forward_module; static int add_forward_header(request_rec *r) { if (r->proxyreq) { ap_table_set(r->headers_in, "X-Forwarded-For", r->connection->remote_ip); return OK; } return DECLINED; } module MODULE_VAR_EXPORT proxy_add_forward_module = { STANDARD_MODULE_STUFF, NULL, /* initializer */ NULL, /* dir config creater */ NULL, /* dir merger --- default is to override */ NULL, /* server config */ NULL, /* merge server configs */ NULL, /* command table */ NULL, /* handlers */ NULL, /* filename translation */ NULL, /* check_user_id */ NULL, /* check auth */ NULL, /* check access */ NULL, /* type_checker */ add_forward_header, /* fixups */ NULL, /* logger */ NULL, /* header parser */ NULL, /* child_init */ NULL, /* child_exit */ NULL /* post read-request */ };