How Do I Obtain the Real IP Address of a Web Visitor?
After you connect a website to your WAF instance, WAF works as a reverse proxy between the client and the server. The real IP address of the server is hidden and only the IP address of WAF is visible to web visitors.
Generally, a proxy such as CDN, WAF, and anti-DDoS service is deployed between the client and server. Web visitors cannot directly access the server. For example,
.When forwarding requests to the downstream server, the transparent proxy server adds an X-Forwarded-For field to the HTTP header to identify the web visitor's real IP address in the format of X-Forwarded-For: real IP address of the web visitor, proxy 1-IP address, proxy 2-IP address, proxy 3-IP address, ........->....
Therefore, you can obtain the web visitor's real IP address from the X-Forwarded-For field. The first IP address in this field is the web visitor's real IP address.
For details, see Obtaining the Real IP Address of a Web Visitor.
About WAF FAQs
- FAQs
- Can WAF Protect an IP Address?
- What Objects Does WAF Protect?
- Does WAF Block Customized POST Requests?
- Does WAF Protect Traffic from Both IPv4 and IPv6 Addresses?
- What Are the Differences Between the Web Tamper Protection Functions of WAF and HSS?
- Which Web Service Framework Protocols Does WAF Support?
- Can WAF Protect Websites Accessed Through HSTS or NTLM Authentication?
- What Are the Differences Between WAF Forwarding and Nginx Forwarding?
- What Are the Differences Between WAF and CFW?
- Can I Configure Session Cookies in WAF?
- How Does WAF Detect SQL Injection, XSS, and PHP Injection Attacks?
- Can WAF Defend Against the Apache Struts2 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2021-31805)?
- Why Does the Vulnerability Scanning Tool Report Disabled Non-standard Ports for My WAF-Protected Website?
- What Are the Restrictions on Using WAF in Enterprise Projects?
- How Do I Obtain the Real IP Address of a Web Visitor?
- Will Traffic Be Permitted After WAF Is Switched to the Bypassed Mode?
- What Are Local File Inclusion and Remote File Inclusion?
- What Is the Difference Between QPS and the Number of Requests?
- Does WAF Support Custom Authorization Policies?
- How Do I Configure My Server to Allow Only Requests from WAF?
- Why Do Cookies Contain the HWWAFSESID or HWWAFSESTIME field?
- Can I Switch Between the WAF Cloud Mode and Dedicated Mode?
- Can I Add a Domain Name or IP Address to WAF Under Different Accounts?
- How Do I Configure WAF If a Reverse Proxy Server Is Deployed for My Website?
- How Does WAF Forward Access Requests When Both a Wildcard Domain Name and a Single Domain Name Are Connected to WAF?
- What Are Regions and AZs?
- Can I Use WAF Across Regions?
- In Which Regions Is WAF Available?
- Can I Use WAF Across Enterprise Projects?
- Can I Use a WAF Instance in a Specific Enterprise Project for Other Enterprise Projects?
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