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load balancer / proxy, since you need a way to get the real ip If it is at all helpful most layer-7 load balancers have an option to enable a header that conta
by Bender 3mo ago
load balancer / proxy, since you need a way to get the real ip
If it is at all helpful most layer-7 load balancers have an option to enable a header that contains the real IP address, then one need only reconfigure their web daemon to log that header. It's very similar to how CDN's send the real IP in a header.
- inigyou 3mo agoAnd it's almost certainly exploitable by a client sending that same header.
- Bender 3mo agoMost load balancers will silently drop the real IP address header on the ingress side to avoid exactly what you are describing. That used to be a thing around 2000 - 2001 era. If you find a load balancer with that issue today open a case with their vendor.
- inigyou 3mo agoNot reliably enough. Look for parser differentials.
- 63stack 3mo agoPlease enlighten us
- inigyou 3mo agoDifferences in parsing between two systems can allow data to sneak through. For example you might put a space before the header name. The reverse proxy might treat it as a header name starting with a space, so not matching the one it wants to remove, and not removed, while the origin server trims the space. This is a ubiquitous security concern, like IDOR and memory safety. Every time you have a separate validation step for anything, you have the possibility of a parser differential vulnerability. If you don't know it yet, look up "HTTP request smuggling" - pretty interesting.