REMOTE_ADDR Weirdness

[Phil Mattison]

Well, better to know you're SOL than to wander around with false hope.
Sounds to me like a bug all dressed up with nowhere to go.
--Phil M.

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Sheldon <msheldon@desertraven.com>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 4:42 PM
Subject: RE: REMOTE_ADDR Weirdness


> > Yes, auto routing by linux. Go out the most direct route, short of
> > calling 127.0.0.1. I have a similar setup and if I don't go out to the
> > router from eth0 first, it'll go out on eth0:0 to eth:0's address.
> >
>
> Correct.
>
> In short, you're SOL.
>
> Just because the virtual host is on IP X, doesn't mean that *outbound*
> connections will go out on that IP. The REMOTE_ADDR value you are seeing
is
> correct, it's just not what you expected it to be.
>
> Michael J. Sheldon
> http://www.desertraven.com/
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