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craig_lee10_177
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Aug 24, 2011

capturing the hostname

Hi   Does anyone know if it’s possible to create an irule that uses the TCP::collect or TCP::payload commands that captures the resolved hostname from the client making the request? I want to have ...
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Aug 24, 2011
Hi Craig,

 

 

Unfortunately, this isn't possible as FTP doesn't have a host header like HTTP. The FTP client resolves the hostname to an IP address and then connects to the IP without including any information on which hostname was used.

 

 

Aaron