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Added support for standard Forwarded header
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tony-co authored and Tony Cosentino committed Feb 19, 2015
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For the most part, this doesn't cause any problems with Symfony. But, when
a request passes through a proxy, certain request information is sent using
special ``X-Forwarded-*`` headers. For example, instead of reading the ``REMOTE_ADDR``
header (which will now be the IP address of your reverse proxy), the user's
true IP will be stored in an ``X-Forwarded-For`` header.
either the standard ``Forwarded`` header or non standard special ``X-Forwarded-*``
headers. For example, instead of reading the ``REMOTE_ADDR`` header (which
will now be the IP address of your reverse proxy), the user's true IP will be
stored in a standard ``Forwarded: for="..."`` header or a non standard
``X-Forwarded-For`` header.

.. versionadded:: 2.7
``Forwarded`` header support was introduced in Symfony 2.7

If you don't configure Symfony to look for these headers, you'll get incorrect
information about the client's IP address, whether or not the client is connecting
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the CIDR notation ``10.0.0.0/8``. For more details, see the
:ref:`framework.trusted_proxies <reference-framework-trusted-proxies>` option.

That's it! Symfony will now look for the correct ``X-Forwarded-*`` headers
to get information like the client's IP address, host, port and whether or
not the request is using HTTPS.
That's it! Symfony will now look for the correct headers to get information
like the client's IP address, host, port and whether or not the request is
using HTTPS.

But what if the IP of my Reverse Proxy Changes Constantly!
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My Reverse Proxy Uses Non-Standard (not X-Forwarded) Headers
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Most reverse proxies store information on specific ``X-Forwarded-*`` headers.
But if your reverse proxy uses non-standard header names, you can configure
Although `rfc7239`_ recently defined a standard ``Forwarded`` header to disclose
all proxy information, most reverse proxies stores information on non standard
``X-Forwarded-*`` headers.
But if your reverse proxy uses other non-standard header names, you can configure
these (see ":doc:`/components/http_foundation/trusting_proxies`").
The code for doing this will need to live in your front controller (e.g. ``web/app.php``).

.. _`security groups`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ElasticLoadBalancing/latest/DeveloperGuide/using-elb-security-groups.html
.. _`rfc7239`: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7239

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