You can
configure how Deep Discovery Web
Inspector
manages X-Header settings for the X-Forwarded-For and X-Authenticated-User
fields.
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NoteX-Header settings are supported for all deployment modes.
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Procedure
- Enable or disable X-Forwarded-For Parsing .If this option is enabled, when Deep Discovery Web Inspector gets the X-Forwarded-For from the user request, Deep Discovery Web Inspector uses the first address of the resolved X-Forwarded-For instead of the IP address of the TCP connection to do authentication, decryption, scanning, and logging.
- Specify the X-Header handling settings for
X-Forwarded-For and
X-Authenticated-User.OptionDescription
Keep Retain the information found in the X-Forwarded-For or X-Authenticated-User fields.Remove Remove the specified field.Add Retain the specified field and additionally:-
For X-Forwarded-For, append the proxy IP to the field.
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For X-Authenticated-User, append the user info to the field.
Note
The appended user information is added in the following format: [DOMAIN]\[USERNAME]
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- Click Save.