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ici_138298
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Nov 22, 2013

Using "X-Forwarded-For" in WAS 6.1

Hello, We have an application running on WAS 6.1 behind an F5 3900 LB. What we want to do is, to receive the originating source IP (not the LB virtual IP nor SNAT IP) from this application? We have e...
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What_Lies_Bene1
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Nov 22, 2013

Yes. The XFF header has a value that is the original client source IP. You'd need to configure the web servers to use this IP when logging requests or performing any other functions based on the client source IP.

 

Just to be clear, the client IP is still NATted and the XFF won't change this.