[stunnel-users] When X-FORWARDED-FOR for Stunnel ?

[Elodie BOSSIER]

Ok thanks.

Do you think to create more later (when you will be less busy) this 
feature with a better code ?

Le 18/08/2011 17:24, Michal Trojnara a écrit :
> Elodie BOSSIER wrote:
>> Why you don't implement X-FORWARDED-FOR into stunnel ?
>
> I didn't implement this feature yet, because:
> 1. It's hard to do it right.
> 2. I'm the breadwinner for my family. I'm too busy with things I do 
> for a living.
>
>> The patch have only 219 lines, could you help me please to addapt it 
>> to the version 4.41 and/or add this feature into Stunnel please ?
>
> I'm not going to apply this patch, because:
> 1. It does not support chains of proxies:
>    https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/X-Forwarded-For#Format
> 2. It does not support HTTP persistent connections (only modifies the 
> first request of each connection):
>    
> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/HTTP_persistent_connection
> 3. The code is ugly.
> 4. It does not have a GPL-compatible, non-copyleft license.
>
>> Thanks so much ...
>
> You're welcome.
>
> Mike