Test of client IP address

[Martin Brändle]

Hi all,

it seems that the client-ip param in FMS7A XSLT does not work properly.

According to the Custom Web Publishing Guide on p. 56, it should return the IP address of the web client. However, I always get as result the IP address of our web server, and therefore can not use it as a filter.

We have here a double server setup, one server is the database server, the other the web and web publishing engine server. It might be that on a single server (db+wpe+web) the behaviour is correct.

Therefore I have prepared a small test (see attachment), would you be willing to install it either in a Mac OS X or a Windows setting, and report the results here?

If it's a bug, I can send a feedback via FSA to FileMaker.

Many thanks for your help,

Martin

test.zip

[cjaeger]

hallo Martin,

the web server is sending the request to the db server, so the behaviour of the db server is indeed correct. The web server works like a proxy.

Tip:

Use an invisible form field and a (php/perl/javascript/..) script which puts $ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'} in there on your WEB server.

[Martin Brändle]

No, no, <xsl:param name="client-ip"/> is a parameter set by the web publishing engine and should reflect the IP address of the web client, not the web server. It's the replacement for the former [FMP-ClientAddress] and [FMP-ClientIP] CDML tags in FM6.

I know that I can filter IP accesses directly in my Apache configuration file or by .htaccess . However, if FileMaker documents <xsl:param name="client-ip"/> giving the client address, it should do so.

Martin

[sai]

Hi Martin,

Sorry to use your thread. Have you made any progress with is client ip issue? It seems that I have the same problem.

[Martin Brändle]

It seems to work on single CPU machines, or when the second CPU is turned off.