IIS X-Forward-For ISAPI Filter

A recent customer issue came up where they were load balancing servers but we unable to get the true client address logged in their IIS logs. They had their servers fronted by a BIG-IP and wh...
Published Sep 23, 2005
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Aug 21, 2013
Evidently this can now be done natively in IIS 7+ (WinSvr2008+) without requiring an ISAPI filter.

 

 

In the article at LoadBalancer.org (http://blog.loadbalancer.org/iis-and-x-forwarded-for-header/) Rob Cooper discusses how you can now use "IIS Advanced Logging" installable feature to capture custom headers like X-Forwarded-For in the logs.