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  • [REPOST] - Synchronet Web Service Question

    From WitNik@VERT/BGGRSCYN to All on Sunday, July 04, 2021 12:52:35
    Apologies for reposting this, but I had mistakenly posted it in DOVE's programming sub.

    Here's my original message:

    I've recently configured a reverse http/https proxy in front of my SBBS. My setup is working well; however, SBBS is currently logging all web traffic (IP addresses) as coming from the reverse proxy vs. the Internet-based clients.

    Is there a way to cause SBBS to "trust" the proxy address and read the standard X-Forwarded-For headers provided by the proxy to log external client IPs?

    I had looked in the docs/wiki and was unable to find anything relevant.

    Thanks in advance,

    -WitNik

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to WitNik on Monday, July 05, 2021 02:24:41
    Re: [REPOST] - Synchronet Web Service Question
    By: WitNik to All on Sun Jul 04 2021 12:52 pm

    Is there a way to cause SBBS to "trust" the proxy address and read the standard X-Forwarded-For headers provided by the proxy to log external client IPs?

    There's no built-in support for that, no. At least, not yet.
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    digital man

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  • From WitNik@VERT/BGGRSCYN to Digital Man on Monday, July 05, 2021 12:56:28
    Re: [REPOST] - Synchronet Web Service Question
    By: Digital Man to WitNik on Mon Jul 05 2021 02:24 am

    Is there a way to cause SBBS to "trust" the proxy address and read the standard X-Forwarded-For headers provided by the proxy to log external client IPs?

    There's no built-in support for that, no. At least, not yet.

    Thanks for the reply and details. Is this something you might be willing to accept as a feature request? I'm asking for a friend. =)


    -WitNik

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to WitNik on Monday, July 05, 2021 13:36:45
    Re: [REPOST] - Synchronet Web Service Question
    By: WitNik to Digital Man on Mon Jul 05 2021 12:56 pm

    Re: [REPOST] - Synchronet Web Service Question
    By: Digital Man to WitNik on Mon Jul 05 2021 02:24 am

    Is there a way to cause SBBS to "trust" the proxy address and read the standard X-Forwarded-For headers provided by the proxy to log external client IPs?

    There's no built-in support for that, no. At least, not yet.

    Thanks for the reply and details. Is this something you might be willing to accept as a feature request? I'm asking for a friend. =)

    Sure, feature requests go here: https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues --
    digital man

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