[Varnish] #943: Support the PROXY protocol

Varnish varnish-bugs at varnish-cache.org
Wed Jun 22 19:29:17 CEST 2011


#943: Support the PROXY protocol
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 Reporter:  justincase  |        Type:  enhancement
   Status:  new         |    Priority:  normal     
Milestone:              |   Component:  build      
  Version:              |    Severity:  normal     
 Keywords:              |  
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 HAProxy uses something called the "PROXY protocol" which is basically a
 simple (non-http) header that can replace X-Forwarded-For, and provides
 more information:

 http://haproxy.1wt.eu/download/1.5/doc/proxy-protocol.txt

 Varnish could potentially make use of this on both sides of the
 connection.

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Ticket URL: <http://www.varnish-cache.org/trac/ticket/943>
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