From c59722885288a8af90392b8019b415dd84229775 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Derek Jones
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 21:40:20 +0000
Subject: added proxy_ips config item to whitelist reverse proxy servers to use
the HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR header safely to determine the visitor's IP address
---
user_guide/changelog.html | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
(limited to 'user_guide')
diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index f5e7bc948..7892dc31e 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ SVN Revision:
- Improved security in xss_clean() to help prevent attacks targeting Internet Explorer.
- Added 'application/msexcel' to config/mimes.php for .xls files.
+ - Added 'proxy_ips' config item to whitelist reverse proxy servers from which to trust the HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR header to
+ to determine the visitor's IP address.
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