Re: forwarded_for documentation inaccurate

Sure, sorry.

My experience has been that if I just file a bug, nobody notices,
while if I bring it up here, people tend to pay attention... Perhaps
if I file a bug and then bring it to the list's attention?

Cheers,

On 30/01/2008, at 5:32 AM, Alex Rousskov wrote:

> On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 15:29 +1100, Mark Nottingham wrote:
>> if cf.data.pre:
>>
>>> NAME: forwarded_for
>>> COMMENT: on|off
>>> TYPE: onoff
>>> DEFAULT: on
>>> LOC: opt_forwarded_for
>>> DOC_START
>>> If set, Squid will include your system's IP address or name
>>> in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like
>>> this:
>>>
>>> X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
>>>
>>> If you disable this, it will appear as
>>>
>>> X-Forwarded-For: unknown
>>> DOC_END
>>
>> 1) s/your system's/clients'/
>>
>> 2) If you disable this, the x-forwarded-for header won't be added/
>> modified.
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> If possible, please file bugs like this with bugzilla. It may seem
> like there is not much of a difference, and sometimes there is not,
> but
> Bugzilla entries make life so much easier for those of us who want to
> help but cannot immediately rush in and fix the bug.
>
> This bug is now http://www.squid-cache.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=2205
>
> Thank you,
>
> Alex.
>
>

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