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Nolan_Jensen_23's avatar
Nolan_Jensen_23
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Dec 15, 2017

X-forwarded-for getting private client IP address

Hello All,   I am trying to figure out why the x-forwarded-for variable is being populated with a private client IP address when the virtual server is accessed from certain clients but others it g...
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Stanislas_Piro2's avatar
Stanislas_Piro2
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Dec 16, 2017

Http profile insert x-forwarded-for header from source client IP.

 

If the connection source IP is private, the bigip will insert the private ip.

 

If some customers request already include this header populated, the http profile won't remove it. The bigip is not able to know the private ip if it is not included in the request before.

 

I guess your problem is a firewall configuration issue and a not a bigip issue.