[squid-users] acl follow_x_forwarded_for

[robert k Wild]

thanks Antony

On Mon, 3 Jul 2023 at 11:54, Antony Stone <Antony.Stone at squid.open.source.it>
wrote:

> On Monday 03 July 2023 at 11:46:20, robert k Wild wrote:
>
> > hi all,
> >
> > im reading this acl
> >
> > http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/follow_x_forwarded_for/
> >
> > is this to fool the dst server to think its coming from the client pc
> > instead of squid proxy
>
> No; it tells Squid to accept connection requests from other proxies which
> present the correct X-Forwarded-For header:
>
> "If a request reaches us from a source that is allowed by this directive,
> then
> we trust the information it provides regarding the IP of the client it
> received from (if any)."
>
>
> Antony.
>
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-- 
Regards,

Robert K Wild.
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