Re: Simple mod_perl Question

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* 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.

-- Jeff Bisbee / mod_perl-users@xxxxxxx.xxx / jbisbee.com