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IainThomson85_1
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Feb 24, 2014

True-Client-IP error generated. /var/log/ltm

Hi All,   I've recently inherited an F5 BIP System to look after.   Currently there is a rule that appears to be causing a lot of spam in the logs, and I believe its due to the rule being writt...
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IheartF5_45022
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Mar 18, 2014

Hmmm....not so sure on that theory - have you found anything? Maybe some of the requests are not properly formed HTTP requests and that is why it is failing. Why don't you try;

 

rule trueclient_ip_rule { when HTTP_REQUEST { if {[catch {HTTP::header insert True-Client-IP "[getfield [IP::client_addr] % 1]"}]} { log local0. "Caught [HTTP::request]" } } }

 

Of course it will probably still barf when you try to do the logging but may tell you something.