[SYNAPSE-368] IP address filter not working when using an apache reverse proxy

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.1
• Fix Version/s: NIGHTLY
• Component/s: Extension Mediators
• Environment: Linux RHEL 4
• Assignee: Indika Kumara
• Reporter: Olivier Ziller
• Created: 19/Jun/08 11:50
• Updated: 22/Mar/09 23:37
• Resolved: 22/Mar/09 23:37

Description

i use the throttle mediator in order restrict the use of a proxy to a particular ip address.
all was working fine until i've put an apache reverse proxy in front of synapse.

in this case, the ip address logged by Synapse is always the one of the reverse proxy.
in fact, the real ip address of the caller is in the "X-Forwarded-For" http header (see http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_proxy.html)

Synapse seems not to take care of this http header...

thanks