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[BJ Dierkes <576752@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Summary changed:

- new package: mod_rpaf
+ WL: mod_rpaf

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WL: mod_rpaf
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/576752
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Bug description:
This is a new package suggestion for IUS: mod_rpaf 0.6
URL: http://stderr.net/apache/rpaf/

This package was based on the IUS mod_wsgi SPEC file, adjusted to the needs of mod_rpaf.

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mod_rpaf is for backend Apache servers what mod_proxy_add_forward is for frontend
Apache servers. It does excactly the opposite of mod_proxy_add_forward written
by Ask Bjørn Hansen. It will also work with mod_proxy in Apache starting with
release 1.3.25 and mod_proxy that is distributed with Apache2 from version
2.0.36.

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Why does this matter?  When using apache as a backend server behind a proxy like nginx, all of the requests appear to originate from the IP of the proxy.  Server variables such as REMOTE_ADDR are also affected, breaking a lot of applications.

mod_rpaf resolves that by allowing one to specify the following configuration directives which make apache think the request originated from where it actually came from, instead of the proxy.

RPAFenable On
RPAFsethostname On
RPAFproxy_ips 127.0.0.1 192.168.1.13
RPAFheader X-Forwarded-For

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This package is an ACN rpm, and will need updated to be an IUS rpm.