Re: [squid-users] Question on IP based access

Joost de Heer wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have a proxy which uses IP based access (if you come from IP address X,
>you're allowed to use the proxy, if from IP address Y, you're denied.
>
>Now, a second proxy is being installed and an F5 loadbalancer is placed in
>front of them, which causes all connections to the proxies to be made from
>the loadbalancer.
>
>The loadbalancer has the option to turn on the X-Forwarded-For header, so
>we can check that. But is it possible to check this header directly, or do
>I need an external authentication program to do this?
>
>Joost
>
>
>
To the best of my knowledge, this is only available in Squid 3 or via
the patch on devel.squid-cache.org
http://devel.squid-cache.org/follow_xff/index.html).

Chris
Received on Fri Apr 28 2006 - 13:02:23 MDT