Re: HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR and https

Emili Badia wrote:
>
> Hi.
> I'm trying to get the environment variable HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR on a cgi
> running on an https server, but can't get the value. Anyone have done this
> before??

It is not available to a HTTPS session. HTTPS uses SSL which is tunneled
rather than proxied throught Squid so Squid can't add or modify any
headers (actually, due to the end-to-end encryption it can't even see
the headers or the URL of the request or response, even less modify
them).

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Henrik Nordstrom
Spare time Squid hacker