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Forwarded headers - Spring Tutorial
From the course: Complete Guide to Spring MVC
Forwarded headers
- [Instructor] Forwarded headers. Forwarded Headers are essential for web applications that operate behind proxies or load balancers. These intermediary components can modify the original request information, making it challenging for the application to determine the true client details. So why are forwarded headers important? Why use them? So one, you want to make sure you have correct link generation. When generating links within your application, you need to ensure they point to the correct host, port, and protocol. Forwarded headers provide this information, allowing you to create accurate links even when the request has passed through multiple proxies. Second, security considerations. Some security measures rely on the original client information. For example, IP-based access control or rate limiting might need the original client's IP address. Forwarded headers can provide this information. And then you have debugging and logging. Forwarded headers can be helpful for debugging…
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