xff.c File Reference

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include "repsheet.h"
#include "xff.h"

Functions
int	remote_address (char *connected_address, char *xff_header, char *address)

Detailed Description

Author

Aaron Bedra

Date

12/09/2014

Function Documentation

int remote_address	(	char *	connected_address,
		char *	xff_header,
		char *	address
	)

Determines the IP address of the actor. If X-Forwarded-For has information, the function takes the first address in the string. If no XFF information is provided the function returns the connected_address.

Parameters

connected_address	The IP of the connection to the server
xff_header	The contents of the X-Forwarded-For header
address	The string to store the resulting address