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iRules for rate shaping
Hi,
I have an iRule that can be used to control the bandwidth usage by ip address. But, a customer is asking that their users use proxy servers to access internet. All traffic is come fr...
Inspecting the XForwarded-For header would be a trivial change as far as the code is concerned, although it would require the association of an HTTP profile with the Virtual the rule is applied to, which could add a slight increase in load.
This is probably your best alternative if they are moving to a proxied architecture, as you'll need them to add something to identify the originator of the request so that you can continue seperating the traffic into the appropriate rateclasses.
Colin
