Re: [squid-users] forwarded_for

Duane Wessels wrote:

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>On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, Emilio Casbas wrote:
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>>Duane Wessels wrote:
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>>>Here is how X-Forwarded-For works:
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>>>Each proxy in the hierarchy is going to append something to the
>>>X-Forwarded-For header. If 'forwarded_for' is on, then Squid appends
>>>the client's IP address.
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>>Yes, it works in our first level of proxys.
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>>> If it is off, then Squid appends the
>>>string 'unknown'.
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>>Here, in our third level of proxys fail. with forwarded_for off appear
>>the ips of clients instead the string unknown
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>I don't think there are any bugs with the 'forwarded_for' directive.
>Perhaps you have the directive repeated in your config file and it
>is really set to on when you think it is off? You can request 'config'
>from the cache manager and see what Squid has the value set to internally.
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This is from cache manager:

tcp_recv_bufsize 0 bytes
err_html_text
memory_pools on
memory_pools_limit 0 bytes
forwarded_for off <---------------
log_icp_queries on
icp_hit_stale off
minimum_direct_hops 4

I don't know what it can be happening.

>Duane W.
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Thanks.
Emilio.