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fix(resolver): count the last forwarded address - #546
With TRUST_FORWARDED_FOR=true the resolver counted the first entry of X-Forwarded-For. That is the entry a client writes. Behind a proxy that appends to the header, a client can send a different first entry on every request and take a fresh rate-limit bucket each time. The runbook added in #545 worked around this by requiring a proxy that replaces the header; this removes the requirement in code.
Measured on a running stack
One client sending 200 requests, each with a different fake X-Forwarded-For, TRUST_FORWARDED_FOR=true, limit 120, real Caddy 2.11.7 in front:
Resolver
Caddy
Passed
Refused (429)
shipped image (first entry)
replaces the header (default)
120
80
shipped image (first entry)
appends (servers { trusted_proxies … })
200
0
this branch (last entry)
replaces the header (default)
120
80
this branch (last entry)
appends (trusted_proxies)
120
80
Three real clients behind default Caddy, 100 requests each, still get their own budget (all 300 pass). Caddy with trusted_proxies forwarded X-Forwarded-For: 6.6.6.6, 127.0.0.2 for an inbound 6.6.6.6, which is what made the first entry the client's.
What this changes
client_ip (crates/dpp-resolver/src/main.rs) reads the last entry of the lastX-Forwarded-For line: what the one proxy in front of the resolver added, whether it replaced the client's value or appended to it. A proxy that replaces the header (Caddy's default) behaves as before.
A proxy that adds its entry as a separate header line is read from the last line. HeaderMap::get would have returned the client's line.
An entry that is not an address (not-an-ip, a trailing comma, 1.2.3.4:8443) falls back to the peer's bucket. That can only share a bucket, never let a client choose one.
Behind a chain of proxies the last entry is the nearest proxy's address, so visitors who reach it share one budget. The runbook says to limit at that layer.
Runbook, .env.example, resolver README, the Compose comment and the CHANGELOG no longer say the proxy must replace the header. The condition that remains: the proxy is the only way in, and it sets the header. A proxy that passes the client's header through untouched, or a resolver port a client can reach directly, still lets the client choose.
Tests
Seven new tests in security_regression (the_entry_a_proxy_appended_is_counted_not_the_one_a_client_wrote, the_last_header_line_is_the_one_the_proxy_added, IPv6, unreadable entries, no header, and others). They were run against the old code first: four failed, with left: 6.6.6.6, the client-written address, being counted. just check is green (1621 tests, 3 skipped).
Not done
No configurable trusted-hop count. It would let the resolver read the visitor's address through a CDN-then-proxy chain, but nothing is deployed behind one and nobody has asked for the setting; it can be added when someone needs it.
Rate limiting now uses the last address in the trusted X-Forwarded-For header, including when the header is repeated. If that address is invalid or the header is absent, it uses the connection’s peer address instead.
When traffic passes through multiple proxies, visitors may share the nearest proxy’s rate-limit bucket.
Documentation
Updated configuration guidance to clarify trusted proxy requirements and how forwarded addresses affect rate limiting.
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.env.example
CHANGELOG.md
crates/dpp-resolver/README.md
crates/dpp-resolver/src/main.rs
docker/docker-compose.yml
docs/ops/PRODUCTION-RUNBOOK.md
Walkthrough
When TRUST_FORWARDED_FOR is enabled, the resolver now uses the final address in the final X-Forwarded-For header line for rate-limit identity. Invalid or missing final values fall back to the TCP peer. Tests and configuration guidance cover the updated behavior.
Changes: Forwarded IP rate limiting
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Summary
Address selection and fallback crates/dpp-resolver/src/main.rs
client_ip selects the final value from the final forwarded-header line. Tests cover comma-separated and repeated headers, IPv6, invalid or empty values, and missing headers.
Configuration and operational guidance .env.example, CHANGELOG.md, crates/dpp-resolver/README.md, docker/docker-compose.yml, docs/ops/PRODUCTION-RUNBOOK.md
The documentation describes the final-address selection, proxy requirements, peer fallback, and rate-limit behavior behind multiple proxies.
odal-node/dpp-engine#545: Configures Compose and documents the resolver’s previous first-entry behavior, which this change updates.
Suggested labels:type/defect
Suggested reviewers:odal-node-maintainer
Merge Risk: Minimal · previous review db485
The forwarded-address change has no established merge-blocking defect. A middleware-level test would strengthen confidence that forwarded clients retain separate rate-limit budgets.
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Add a middleware-level test for per-client rate-limit buckets.
Requests through the middleware are not tested. The new tests call client_ip directly, so a change that ignores it in rate_limit_mw leaves them passing while clients behind one proxy share a bucket. Extract the limited router from main() and assert that different forwarded addresses get separate budgets.
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Review comment at @crates/dpp-resolver/src/main.rs around lines 399 - 401:
Add a middleware-level test that verifies requests with different forwarded
client addresses receive separate rate-limit budgets. Extract the rate-limited
router setup from main() into a reusable function, then exercise it through
rate_limit_mw; keep the existing direct client_ip tests unchanged.
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What was wrong
With
TRUST_FORWARDED_FOR=truethe resolver counted the first entry ofX-Forwarded-For. That is the entry a client writes. Behind a proxy that appends to the header, a client can send a different first entry on every request and take a fresh rate-limit bucket each time. The runbook added in #545 worked around this by requiring a proxy that replaces the header; this removes the requirement in code.Measured on a running stack
One client sending 200 requests, each with a different fake
X-Forwarded-For,TRUST_FORWARDED_FOR=true, limit 120, real Caddy 2.11.7 in front:429)servers { trusted_proxies … })trusted_proxies)Three real clients behind default Caddy, 100 requests each, still get their own budget (all 300 pass). Caddy with
trusted_proxiesforwardedX-Forwarded-For: 6.6.6.6, 127.0.0.2for an inbound6.6.6.6, which is what made the first entry the client's.What this changes
client_ip(crates/dpp-resolver/src/main.rs) reads the last entry of the lastX-Forwarded-Forline: what the one proxy in front of the resolver added, whether it replaced the client's value or appended to it. A proxy that replaces the header (Caddy's default) behaves as before.HeaderMap::getwould have returned the client's line.not-an-ip, a trailing comma,1.2.3.4:8443) falls back to the peer's bucket. That can only share a bucket, never let a client choose one..env.example, resolver README, the Compose comment and the CHANGELOG no longer say the proxy must replace the header. The condition that remains: the proxy is the only way in, and it sets the header. A proxy that passes the client's header through untouched, or a resolver port a client can reach directly, still lets the client choose.Tests
Seven new tests in
security_regression(the_entry_a_proxy_appended_is_counted_not_the_one_a_client_wrote,the_last_header_line_is_the_one_the_proxy_added, IPv6, unreadable entries, no header, and others). They were run against the old code first: four failed, withleft: 6.6.6.6, the client-written address, being counted.just checkis green (1621 tests, 3 skipped).Not done
No configurable trusted-hop count. It would let the resolver read the visitor's address through a CDN-then-proxy chain, but nothing is deployed behind one and nobody has asked for the setting; it can be added when someone needs it.
Follows #545.
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Bug Fixes
X-Forwarded-Forheader, including when the header is repeated. If that address is invalid or the header is absent, it uses the connection’s peer address instead.Documentation