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Getting the Clients IP Address Using Lucee and ColdFusion

As a long-term ColdFusion developer, I have used CGI environment variables for the last twenty years to extract IP addresses and client variables. However, in this day and age, getting the IP address is much more complex and is no longer a trivial issue.

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Extending ColdFusion and Lucee Application CFCs in the Root Directory: Thanks for the comment Tjarko, that is good to know and I will check it out!

Extending ColdFusion and Lucee Application CFCs in the Root Directory: You can actually with Lucee just use the dot as root <cfcomponent extends=".Application">

Getting the Clients IP Address Using Lucee and ColdFusion: That is pretty cool James, I will have to check that out! Thanks for the comment!

Getting the Clients IP Address Using Lucee and ColdFusion: If using IIS, there's a way to use an IIS Rewrite rule to rewrite the CGI REMOTE_ADDR variable to use the CloudFlare, Fastly or X-Real-Ip header. When overwritten, we also generate a custom "HTTP_X_WA...

Bypassing ColdFusion and Lucees Global Script Protection When Designing a Content Management System: Gooey! My code is automatically replacing it as it comes back from the server! LOL! Thanks for the notice!