Doesn't mod_headers give you what you need, at least for Apache 2? Doesn't look like request headers are handled by Apache 1.3 mod_headers though.
http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_headers.html Greg Wilkins wrote: > Apologies if this is the wrong forum for this.... > > I have a client that needs a simple custom apache module developed. > Rather than trying to remember C, I thought it best to offer the > apache developers a few days paid work. > > The module needed is simply to take the remote and local IP > address and port of the actual connection to the server and set > them as request headers. > > These headers need to propogate via mod_jk, mod_webapp, mod_proxy > or any other common mechanism used for appending a Java webapp to > apache. > > The values in the headers are to be the real values - not those > reported in a Host header and should work for normal or SSL connections. > While some of these are available to servlets behind apache, the remote > port is not and that is the most important for this client. > > We will need a version for apache 1 and apache 2. > > The client has no problems with the result being open sourced, but > I don't think they are that generally applicable? > > Anyway, if you are interested in quoting for the work - please email > me directly. > > Sorry again if this is the wrong forum for this - but I could not find > anything more appropriate. >
