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Request headers: update to correct inaccurate info about client IP #1714

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Summary of changes

  • update the description of Fly-Client-IP to clarify what happens when you use a proxy, and to link to to the X-Forwarded-For description
  • update the description of X-Forwarded-For for clarify why you want to go read the MDN docs

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@andie787 andie787 requested a review from PeterCxy July 25, 2024 01:11
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@PeterCxy thanks for your review; took all your suggestions!

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@PeterCxy also a question: "On the Fly.io platform, the last address in this list will be a shared or dedicated IP address assigned to your app." Is this the leftmost? I had assumed rightmost at first based on "last"

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PeterCxy commented Jul 25, 2024

@andie787 It's the rightmost. I believe all proxies are supposed to add their own addresses to the very end of that list (i.e. right).

@andie787 andie787 merged commit 005ac19 into main Jul 25, 2024
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