Configuring X-Forwarded-For Headers; Upgrading The Access Gateway Software; Exporting And Importing An Access Gateway Configuration; Section 3.10, "Configuring X-Forwarded-For Headers - Novell ACCESS MANAGER 3.1 SP1 - GATEWAY GUIDE Manual

3.10 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. This option is disabled by default.
To enable it:
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.

3.11 Upgrading the Access Gateway Software

You can upgrade the software currently running on Gateway Appliance to a newer version without
losing configuration information and with down time limited to the time it takes the Access Gateway
to restart. See
SP1 Installation
3.12 Exporting and Importing an Access
Gateway Configuration
You can export an existing Access Gateway configuration as well as its dependent policies, and then
import this configuration to a new machine. This feature is especially useful for deployments that set
up configurations in a staging environment, test and validate the configuration, then want to deploy
the configuration on new hardware that exists in the production environment.
100 Novell Access Manager 3.1 SP1 Access Gateway Guide
"Upgrading the Linux Access Gateway
Guide.
Appliance" in the Novell Access Manager 3.1