IP Source

  • Resolved Anonymous User 14978628

    (@anonymized-14978628)


    8 years, 7 months ago

    Hi Paul,

    I have selected X_Real_IP as my ip source as per recommendation from my cdn host. The ip shown for this displays my ip correctly.

    The issue is i have saved this setting, but the following day when i checked it reverted back to REMOTE_ADDR (not auto detect).

    Not sure why this is happening as it should work me?

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  • Plugin Author Paul

    (@paultgoodchild)

    8 years, 7 months ago

    Is the address shown for REMOTE_ADDR currently incorrect?

    Thread Starter Anonymous User 14978628

    (@anonymized-14978628)

    8 years, 7 months ago

    Hi Paul,

    I’ve since changed my cdn setup so now i only have 1 option for the ip source which is displaying correctly.

    But with the previous setup, just in case this helps anyone later on, i had 3 ip sources all showing the correct address in Shield. But when i selected x_real_ip it would always return back to remote_addr for some reason?

    Not sure if this is a bug or not, but my cdn provider told me to use x_real_ip which is why i selected it initially.

    Plugin Author Paul

    (@paultgoodchild)

    8 years, 7 months ago

    For the purposes of Shield, this really shouldn’t have any impact on your CDN.

    If they’re all returning the same, then REMOTE_ADDR is the one to pick. Of them all, it’s the only one that cannot be spoofed by fake HTTP Headers.

    Thread Starter Anonymous User 14978628

    (@anonymized-14978628)

    8 years, 7 months ago

    it’s the only one that cannot be spoofed by fake HTTP Headers

    Didn’t know that, thanks!

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