Re: [squid-users] Detect Workstation's IP Address inside a firewall from squid

On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:42:06 +0800, "SSCR Internet Admin"
<admin_at_sscrmnl.edu.ph> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible for squid to see what is the actual workstation ip address
> which is requesting from inside a firewall?
>
> LAN ---- FIREWALL --- SQUID
>
> Thank you.
>

When the firewall is passing packets without altering IPs yes.

NP: When NAT is involved it erases the end-to-end information completely.
There is no IP left to be detected. The link collapses down to a firewall
requesting data from Squid, nothing more.

Amos
Received on Wed Jul 29 2009 - 00:41:50 MDT