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asayer_6572
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May 19, 2008

XForwarded with https?

Hi guys,   sorry if this is a noob question but I am trying to pass the client IP address to the back end web server over https.   I have setup client-side SSL termination and server-side...
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May 21, 2008
We found the problem.

 

 

Our configuration is as follows:

 

 

LTM<->NAM Reverse Proxy<->Apache Web Server

 

 

NAM = Novell Access Manager

 

 

We had the configuration working over HTTP and forwarding the X-Forward-For header however was unable to get it to work over HTTPS.

 

 

I assumed that the problem was with the LTM however when I ran a packet capture on the Apache Web Server and NAM server I could see the X-Forward-For header on the NAM side but not the Apache side.

 

 

After some research I discovered this option needed to be enabled on the NAM for X-Forward-For to work over HTTPS.

 

 

Thanks for the prompt help and giudence