haproxy/doc/netscaler-client-ip-insertion-protocol.txt
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When NetScaler application switch is used as L3+ switch, informations
regarding the original IP and TCP headers are lost as a new TCP
connection is created between the NetScaler and the backend server.

NetScaler provides a feature to insert in the TCP data the original data
that can then be consumed by the backend server.

Specifications and documentations from NetScaler:
  https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX205670
  https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2016/04/25/how-to-enable-client-ip-in-tcpip-option-of-netscaler/

When CIP is enabled on the NetScaler, then a TCP packet is inserted just after
the TCP handshake. This is composed as:

  - CIP magic number : 4 bytes
    Both sender and receiver have to agree on a magic number so that
    they both handle the incoming data as a NetScaler Client IP insertion
    packet.

  - Header length : 4 bytes
    Defines the length on the remaining data.

  - IP header : >= 20 bytes if IPv4, 40 bytes if IPv6
    Contains the header of the last IP packet sent by the client during TCP
    handshake.

  - TCP header : >= 20 bytes
    Contains the header of the last TCP packet sent by the client during TCP
    handshake.
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When NetScaler application switch is used as L3+ switch, informations
regarding the original IP and TCP headers are lost as a new TCP
connection is created between the NetScaler and the backend server.
NetScaler provides a feature to insert in the TCP data the original data
that can then be consumed by the backend server.
Specifications and documentations from NetScaler:
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX205670
https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2016/04/25/how-to-enable-client-ip-in-tcpip-option-of-netscaler/
When CIP is enabled on the NetScaler, then a TCP packet is inserted just after
the TCP handshake. This is composed as:
- CIP magic number : 4 bytes
Both sender and receiver have to agree on a magic number so that
they both handle the incoming data as a NetScaler Client IP insertion
packet.
- Header length : 4 bytes
Defines the length on the remaining data.
- IP header : >= 20 bytes if IPv4, 40 bytes if IPv6
Contains the header of the last IP packet sent by the client during TCP
handshake.
- TCP header : >= 20 bytes
Contains the header of the last TCP packet sent by the client during TCP
handshake.