Re: Simple mod_perl Question

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On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 13:38 -0500, Jeff Bisbee wrote:
> * Jeff Bisbee (mod_perl-users@xxxxxxx.xxx) wrote:
> > I just wanted to verify that there weren't any hidden gotchas by doing
> > the following:
> > 
> >     # set actual ip of host doing the requesting instead of the proxy
> >     my ($actual_remote_ip) = split /,/, $r->header_in('X-Forwarded-For');
> >     $r->connection->remote_ip($actual_remote_ip) if $actual_remote_ip;
> > 
> > I just wanted to make sure there would be any conditions that the above 
> > code wouldn't handle.
> 
> I guess I just want some quick feedback to make sure I'm going about
> replacing the IP the right way and there isn't a better way to do it.

I've never tried it, but I assume it will work because it's in the docs:
http://perl.apache.org/docs/1.0/guide/scenario.html#Getting_the_Remote_Server_IP_in_the_Back_end_server_in_the_Proxy_Setup

- Perrin