Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Patch for adding http.x_forwarded_for

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From: Sake Blok <sake@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 16:33:21 +0100
On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 03:50:46PM +0100, Lars Roland wrote:
> Am 19.02.2006, 15:02 Uhr, schrieb Sake Blok <sake@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> >... Often the
> >client-ip-address is listed in the http-header in the following
> >format: "X-Forwarded-For: 123.123.123.123". Searching on this
> >string is possible, but it would be great to be able to filter
> >on it
> 
> Personally I don't have anything against adding filter
> fields for non standardized http headers, but you should also be
> able to use following display filter:
> http contains "X-Forwarded-For: 123.123.123.123"

A fine example of how you learn every day, I did not know about
being able to use "http contains <string>", this is very useful :)

> Just tell us, if you like to see your patch applied anyway.

I would like to have my patch applied anyway if that's ok. I think
narrowing down the search to only the specific header enhances the 
quality of the search. 

Cheers,   Sake