Re: [squid-users] Should X-Forwarded-For string be in the reply of http-server?

Igor Karpov wrote:
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> Hi!
>
> When squid creating a http header, it inserts 'X-Forwarded-For: ' line
> into it. Should the http-server's reply contain this line also, or squid
> is keeping all the information it needs internally?

 X-Forwarded-For is only added for remote servers to be able to possibly
authenticate based upon client ip.
Squid does not need or want this header to be able to know which client
it is 'serving' for a particular request.

M.

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