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mhighton_240135
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Apr 20, 2017

HTTP Forwarded Header iRule

RFC 7239 HTTP extension, Forwarded Header   We are looking to replace the X-Forwarded-For header for the newer Forwarded header equivalent. I can see this is not supported natively by F5 but can a...
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Hi,

 

You can use below irule to replace X-Forwarded-For header

 

when HTTP_REQUEST { HTTP::header remove "X-Forwarded-For" HTTP::header replace "X-Forwarded-For" [IP::client_addr] }

 

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mhighton_240135
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Apr 20, 2017

Thanks for the response.

 

Though I think are application guys are more interested in the additional features in the Forwarded Header rather than just seeing the client IP. Think otherwise would just stick with X Forwarded For