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umiotoko_95283
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Jun 21, 2012

HTTP header inserts null value for first few requests

I'm trying to forward a HTTP header to my application with the username embedded, this allows the application to decide (on it's own, from AD) what to let the user do (or not do).       I...
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Richard__Harlan
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Jun 25, 2012
What is happening is the HTTP_REQUEST fires before the ACCESS_ACL_* events fire. This is why you are seeing the blank HTTP header. You can move the HTTP_REQUEST to HTTP_REQUEST_SEND. This should only fire after the APM has run.