Thanks Joshua. --- Joshua Slive <joshua@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 6/27/06, Richard de Vries > <richard_devries@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is there any directive that can be set to have > Apache > > as a reverse proxy report REMOTE_HOST and > REMOTE_ADDR > > properly? (instead of those variables being set to > the > > proxy server?) > > (Third time we've seen this question in the past > week or so.) > > Apache sends the X-Forwarded-For header on the > request to the origin > server. If you are asking if it is possible for > apache to set the > actual IP address that is seen by the origin server, > then the answer > is no, this is not even theoretically possible. The > origin server > gets this information from the TCP/IP connection > information, not from > anything sent by the proxy. > > Joshua. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the > Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for > more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: > users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: > users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx