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Hey! That's my proxy! (Score:2, Interesting)

by bart (450)

Whether or not it is handy, that is debatable. Whether it works well is another matter. The URL it returns for me is [213.224.83.72]... which appears to be the address off the other side of the proxy server I must use. So it completely ignores the "HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR" header, which points towards [213.224.4.165]. Yeah, that is me!
- Re:Hey! That's my proxy! (Score:3, Informative)
  
  by merlyn (47)
  By design, you must explicitly distrust any "forwarded for" headers, unless they come from an IP that you trust.
  So, it's doing exactly the right thing. Giving the address of the only IP that it can trust.
  --
  
  Randal L. Schwartz
  
  Stonehenge
  - Re:Hey! That's my proxy! (Score:2)
    
    by jmm (276) <johnNO@SPAMperlwolf.com> on 2003.09.05 8:52 (#23898) Journal
    
    Well, it could do a bit of both: "IP 1.2.3.4 (claims to be forwarding from IP 2.3.4.5)".
    
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