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Austin_Geraci_1
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Mar 29, 2007

Preserving Source Address with LDAP

I've read about the XFF header and using the X-forwarder in an HTTP profile.. But what do I do when I'm using SNAT and im LBing LDAP servers??

 

 

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  • Kevin_Nail's avatar
    Kevin_Nail
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    Oct 09, 2007
    I have the same problem. Did anyone ever get back to you or were you able to solve this problem?

     

     

    Thanks,

     

    Kevin
  • Deb_Allen_18's avatar
    Deb_Allen_18
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    Oct 09, 2007
    Hi Kevin,

     

     

    There really is no mechanism for preserving the original IP address unless the upper layer protocol provides one, as HTTP does with the XFF header.

     

     

    The only recommendation I can make would be to eliminate the need for the SNAT by instead having the LDAP servers use LTM as their default gateway.

     

     

    HTH

     

    /deb