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sudarshan_cheru
Mar 30, 2016Altostratus
how to insert client IP address in tcp profile for FTP connections
I am having only tcp profile. the application don't use http/https connections. it uses only a ftp connection port 22. But i need the client ip address to be collected at server side. i guess there i...
tatmotiv
Mar 31, 2016Cirrostratus
There is no such thing as an "X-forwarded-for" header in FTP. The only chance to retain the original client IP on the server side connection is not using SNAT.
If you need to only log the original client IP (e.g. for accounting or so), you could generate a syslog entry on the f5 that contains the original client IP and forward this to your centralized management using normal syslog mechanisms.
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