Enable XFF on MaxCDN

8 December 2015 by admin

What is XFF

XFF is short for X-Forwarded-For, which is a standard header that CDN and other proxy services usually support. The purpose of the XFF header is to pass the true IP address of a visitor upstream to the originating server – i.e. your web server.

Enable XFF on MaxCDN

It is trivial to enable XFF on MaxCDN. Just follow the below steps:

  1. Log into the MaxCDN dashboard.
  2. Go to Zones > Pull Zones > Manage > Settings.
  3. Check “XFF” option and click “update”.