[Zope] Problem with alternate path and request

Fernando Martins fmartins at hetnet.nl
Sun Oct 19 19:00:25 EDT 2003


Ugh, I've just cross-posted to zope-dev and zpt because I didn't had a
reply...

Dieter Maurer:
> Fernando Martins wrote at 2003-10-14 21:44 +0200:
>  > I'm using VHM and I need the (real) remote IP, as given by
>  > HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR. However, when accessing the page without any
>  > virtualization, I need to fall back on REMOTE_ADDR.
>  >
>  > Now, any idea why the following
>  >
>  >   <p tal:content="request/HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR |
> request/REMOTE_ADDR"></p>
>  >
>  > doesn't work as expected: HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR returns an empty string
>  > rather than failling in favor of REMOTE_ADDR.
>
> This means that something defined "HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR" even
> when you did not use virtualisation.
>
> You know, that you can view the request with
> '<p tal:content="structure request">'?
>

Yes, and I think it's a bug because it doesn't appear in the request.

Thanks Dieter,

Fernando




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