Re: [users@httpd] remote_host / remote_addr and Apache as a Reverse Proxy

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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.
> 
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