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Re: How to pass connection's real IP through Nginx smtp proxy to Postfix/postscreen backend?

Frank Liu
June 21, 2018 05:00PM
Try proxy protocol.

On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 12:47 PM, <cyang@123mail.org> wrote:

> I run Postfix 3.3.1 & Nginx 1.15.0
>
> Both work great.
>
> I'm beginning to experiment with putting Postfix (and eventually other)
> server behind Nginx (v 1.15.0) setup as a mail (SMTP) proxy.
>
> Without the proxy, Postfix logs show an inbound connection to my real IP
>
> Jun 21 12:12:31 mailprox postfix/postscreen[55634]: CONNECT from
> [74.125.142.27]:43757 to [192.0.2.1]:25
>
> The way nginx gets configured for smtp proxy, even if I'm *NOT* doing any
> auth is to direct the connection to a "fake" auth_http destination,
>
> mail {
> ...
> auth_http 127.0.0.1:33001/dummy.php;
> ...
> }
> http {
> ...
> server {
> listen 127.0.0.1:33001;
> ...
> location ~ .php$ {
> add_header Auth-Server 127.0.0.1;
> add_header Auth-Port 33025;
> return 200;
> }
> ...
> }
>
> Switching over, the proxy is set up to listen on the real IP
>
> [192.0.2.1]:25
>
> and passes to Postfix's postscreen which using the config above is
> listening on
>
> [127.0.0.1]:33025
>
> What I see in the Postfix log is
>
> Jun 21 12:10:12 mailprox postfix/postscreen[55329]: CONNECT from
> [127.0.0.1]:31460 to [127.0.0.1]:33025
> Jun 21 12:10:12 mailprox postfix/postscreen[55329]: WHITELISTED
> [127.0.0.1]:31460
>
> Mail does get delivered but postscreen is whitelisting the IP of the
> proxy, 127.0.0.1, and not using the real IP.
>
> I need to somehow pass the Real-IP through to postscreen, and anything
> further downstream that'll need it.
>
> For web server proxying I'd pass something like
>
> X-Forwarded-For
>
> or
>
> X-Real-IP
>
> to a downstream webserver listener.
>
> What do I need for Postfix/Postscreen to correctly 'see' the Real IP?
>
> A header added to the nginx config? Some additional code in the
> auth_http? Something else?
>
> Cheers!
>
> Cy
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How to pass connection's real IP through Nginx smtp proxy to Postfix/postscreen backend?

Anonymous User June 21, 2018 03:50PM

Re: How to pass connection's real IP through Nginx smtp proxy to Postfix/postscreen backend?

Frank Liu June 21, 2018 05:00PM



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