Re: [squid-users] Disabling NAT

tor 2003-05-08 klockan 10.34 skrev Frank Chibesakunda:
> how do i disable NAT please, i need it disabled. am running squid

If you are talking about the fact that requests proxied via Squid will
have the source IP address of your Squid server and not the original
client then this is not NAT but an effect of proxying. Proxies run at
the application level, not network or packet level. The client contacts
the proxy and kindly asks the proxy to connect to the requested
resource. When the proxy fetches the requested URL it acts as a
representative/delegate for the client, not the client.

To allow the destination server to get information about who contacted
Squid and requested the URL Squid adds a X-Forwarded-For header to the
request headers, carrying the IP address Squid got the request from,
similarly to how a representative usually indicates who he represents.

Regards
Henrik

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