TOPIC: Behind squid http accel registers all comments with 127.0.0.1

You should add an option to the code that detects or that can be configurable for this. When the site is behind a squid proxy/cache that acts as web accel the IP that comes with REMOTE_ADDR is the squid server IP, and it should be another varible, HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR.

This variable also can contain more than one IP, like 1.2.3.4,127.0.0.1 if the user is using also a proxy/cache.

I don't know if the IP is used by akismet, but if it is used, then on sites like mine, with http accel infront, akismet doesn't work very well.

Thanks

I've actually thought about this, I came across this when I was experiencing massive delays on Gravatar loading when I was behind a proxy - I found that PHP was trying over and over to use a direct connection that didn't exist. I don't know if that's related, but I was investigating all this stuff not long ago - and to be honest I have no idea how to do it.

We'll see what Daniel thinks on this.

I think is easy to fix the problem with httpd accel, only check if is set _SERVER[HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR]. Or maybe an option, a checkbox that says "I'm behind a httpd accel (squid or other)" and if this checkbox is checked, then the HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR is used instead of REMOTE_ADDR.