Safer/trustable extraction of real ip from request

context.go

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ type (
 
 		// RealIP returns the client's network address based on `X-Forwarded-For`
 		// or `X-Real-IP` request header.
+		// The behavior can be configured using `Echo#IPExtractor`.
 		RealIP() string
 
 		// Path returns the registered path for the handler.
@@ -270,6 +271,10 @@ func (c *context) Scheme() string {
 }
 
 func (c *context) RealIP() string {
+	if c.echo != nil && c.echo.IPExtractor != nil {
+		return c.echo.IPExtractor(c.request)
+	}
+	// Fall back to legacy behavior
 	if ip := c.request.Header.Get(HeaderXForwardedFor); ip != "" {
 		return strings.Split(ip, ", ")[0]
 	}

echo.go

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ type (
 		Validator        Validator
 		Renderer         Renderer
 		Logger           Logger
+		IPExtractor      IPExtractor
 	}
 
 	// Route contains a handler and information for matching against requests.

ip.go

@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+package echo
+
+import (
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type ipChecker struct {
+	trustLoopback    bool
+	trustLinkLocal   bool
+	trustPrivateNet  bool
+	trustExtraRanges []*net.IPNet
+}
+
+// TrustOption is config for which IP address to trust
+type TrustOption func(*ipChecker)
+
+// TrustLoopback configures if you trust loopback address (default: true).
+func TrustLoopback(v bool) TrustOption {
+	return func(c *ipChecker) {
+		c.trustLoopback = v
+	}
+}
+
+// TrustLinkLocal configures if you trust link-local address (default: true).
+func TrustLinkLocal(v bool) TrustOption {
+	return func(c *ipChecker) {
+		c.trustLinkLocal = v
+	}
+}
+
+// TrustPrivateNet configures if you trust private network address (default: true).
+func TrustPrivateNet(v bool) TrustOption {
+	return func(c *ipChecker) {
+		c.trustPrivateNet = v
+	}
+}
+
+// TrustIPRange add trustable IP ranges using CIDR notation.
+func TrustIPRange(ipRange *net.IPNet) TrustOption {
+	return func(c *ipChecker) {
+		c.trustExtraRanges = append(c.trustExtraRanges, ipRange)
+	}
+}
+
+func newIPChecker(configs []TrustOption) *ipChecker {
+	checker := &ipChecker{trustLoopback: true, trustLinkLocal: true, trustPrivateNet: true}
+	for _, configure := range configs {
+		configure(checker)
+	}
+	return checker
+}
+
+func isPrivateIPRange(ip net.IP) bool {
+	if ip4 := ip.To4(); ip4 != nil {
+		return ip4[0] == 10 ||
+			ip4[0] == 172 && ip4[1]&0xf0 == 16 ||
+			ip4[0] == 192 && ip4[1] == 168
+	}
+	return len(ip) == net.IPv6len && ip[0]&0xfe == 0xfc
+}
+
+func (c *ipChecker) trust(ip net.IP) bool {
+	if c.trustLoopback && ip.IsLoopback() {
+		return true
+	}
+	if c.trustLinkLocal && ip.IsLinkLocalUnicast() {
+		return true
+	}
+	if c.trustPrivateNet && isPrivateIPRange(ip) {
+		return true
+	}
+	for _, trustedRange := range c.trustExtraRanges {
+		if trustedRange.Contains(ip) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// IPExtractor is a function to extract IP addr from http.Request.
+// Set appropriate one to Echo#IPExtractor.
+// See https://echo.labstack.com/guide/ip-address for more details.
+type IPExtractor func(*http.Request) string
+
+// ExtractIPDirect extracts IP address using actual IP address.
+// Use this if your server faces to internet directory (i.e.: uses no proxy).
+func ExtractIPDirect() IPExtractor {
+	return func(req *http.Request) string {
+		ra, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(req.RemoteAddr)
+		return ra
+	}
+}
+
+// ExtractIPFromRealIPHeader extracts IP address using x-real-ip header.
+// Use this if you put proxy which uses this header.
+func ExtractIPFromRealIPHeader(options ...TrustOption) IPExtractor {
+	checker := newIPChecker(options)
+	return func(req *http.Request) string {
+		directIP := ExtractIPDirect()(req)
+		realIP := req.Header.Get(HeaderXRealIP)
+		if realIP != "" {
+			if ip := net.ParseIP(directIP); ip != nil && checker.trust(ip) {
+				return realIP
+			}
+		}
+		return directIP
+	}
+}
+
+// ExtractIPFromXFFHeader extracts IP address using x-forwarded-for header.
+// Use this if you put proxy which uses this header.
+// This returns nearest untrustable IP. If all IPs are trustable, returns furthest one (i.e.: XFF[0]).
+func ExtractIPFromXFFHeader(options ...TrustOption) IPExtractor {
+	checker := newIPChecker(options)
+	return func(req *http.Request) string {
+		directIP := ExtractIPDirect()(req)
+		xffs := req.Header[HeaderXForwardedFor]
+		if len(xffs) == 0 {
+			return directIP
+		}
+		ips := append(strings.Split(strings.Join(xffs, ","), ","), directIP)
+		for i := len(ips) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+			ip := net.ParseIP(strings.TrimSpace(ips[i]))
+			if ip == nil {
+				// Unable to parse IP; cannot trust entire records
+				return directIP
+			}
+			if !checker.trust(ip) {
+				return ip.String()
+			}
+		}
+		// All of the IPs are trusted; return first element because it is furthest from server (best effort strategy).
+		return strings.TrimSpace(ips[0])
+	}
+}