Configuring X-Forwarded-For Headers; Section 2.11, "Configuring X-Forwarded-For Headers - Novell ACCESS MANAGER 3.1 SP2 - ACCESS GATEWAY GUIDE 2010 Manual

5 Set the
and 30 seconds).
6 Restart the Embedded Service Provider.
For instructions on how to restart the Embedded Service Provider from the Administration
Console, see

2.11 Configuring X-Forwarded-For Headers

X-Forwarded-For headers are used to pass browser ID information along with browser request
packets. If the headers are included, Web servers can determine the origin of browser requests they
receive. If the headers are not included, browser requests have anonymity.
Deciding whether to enable X-Forwarded-For headers requires that you weigh the desires of
browser users to remain anonymous against the desires of Web server owners (e-commerce sites, for
example) to collect data about who is accessing their sites.
Access Gateway Appliance: This option is disabled by default.
Access Gateway Service: Apache is configured to always send the X-Forwarded-For, X-
Forwarded-Host, and X-Forwarded-Server headers. There are no options in the Administration
Console to change this behavior.
To enable the X-Forwarded-For header on the Access Gateway Appliance:
1 In the Administration Console, click Devices > Access Gateways > Edit > [Name of Reverse
Proxy] > [Name of Proxy Service] > HTTP Options > Header Options.
2 Select the Enable X-Forwarded-For option.
With this option selected, the proxy service either adds information to an existing X-
Forwarded-For or Forwarded-For header, or creates a header if one doesn't already exist.
Leaving the option deselected causes the proxy service to remove X-Forwarded-For headers
from any Web requests passing through the proxy service.
3 To save your changes to browser cache, click OK.
4 To apply your changes, click the Access Gateways link, then click Update > OK.
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element to a value between 5000 and 30000 milliseconds (5 seconds
<param-value>
Section 2.3, "Managing Access Gateways," on page 76.