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# BrianJM

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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[NinjaFirewall (WP Edition) - Advanced Security Plugin and Firewall] Firewall log is empty (but shows bytes)](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-log-is-empty-but-shows-bytes/)
 *  Thread Starter [BrianJM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianjm/)
 * (@brianjm)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-log-is-empty-but-shows-bytes/#post-6002100)
 * I have done as you suggested. Thanks for the help!
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[NinjaFirewall (WP Edition) - Advanced Security Plugin and Firewall] Firewall log is empty (but shows bytes)](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-log-is-empty-but-shows-bytes/)
 *  Thread Starter [BrianJM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianjm/)
 * (@brianjm)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-log-is-empty-but-shows-bytes/#post-6001931)
 * Fair enough. Long story short, SSL requests have the localhost IP appended and
   standard requests do not (SSL termination is completed before Varnish).
 * I’ve seen NF block brute force attempts already. When it does this, and two IP
   addresses are provided, does NF use the combination of both IP addresses?
 * In the example below, what IP address is used here to block BF attempts? “89.97.141.237”,“
   89.97.141.237, 127.0.0.1”, or “127.0.0.1”?
 * [1428536217] [0.00142] [mydomain.com] [#6517592] [0] [3] [89.97.141.237, 127.0.0.1][
   401] [POST] [/wp-login.php] [Brute-force attack detected on wp-login.php] [enabling
   HTTP authentication for XXmn]
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[NinjaFirewall (WP Edition) - Advanced Security Plugin and Firewall] Firewall log is empty (but shows bytes)](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-log-is-empty-but-shows-bytes/)
 *  Thread Starter [BrianJM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianjm/)
 * (@brianjm)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-log-is-empty-but-shows-bytes/#post-6001910)
 * Yes, but only so that HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR is taken into account. Apache sits
   behind a Varnish cache server.
 * Here is the .htninja:
    if ( isset($_SERVER[‘HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR’]) ) { $_SERVER[“
   REMOTE_ADDR”] = $_SERVER[‘HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR’]; }
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[NinjaFirewall (WP Edition) - Advanced Security Plugin and Firewall] Firewall log is empty (but shows bytes)](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-log-is-empty-but-shows-bytes/)
 *  Thread Starter [BrianJM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianjm/)
 * (@brianjm)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-log-is-empty-but-shows-bytes/#post-6001896)
 * Sent!
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Subscribe2 - Form, Email Subscribers & Newsletters] Subscription confirmation message not displayed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscription-confirmation-message-not-displayed/)
 *  Thread Starter [BrianJM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianjm/)
 * (@brianjm)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscription-confirmation-message-not-displayed/#post-3486585)
 * The same theme is used. The same plugins are activated.
 * I am not using the widget. The settings are the same for the Subscribe2 plugin.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Plugin: JSON API] Invalid JSON returned from post related calls](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-json-api-invalid-json-returned-from-post-related-calls/)
 *  Thread Starter [BrianJM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianjm/)
 * (@brianjm)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-json-api-invalid-json-returned-from-post-related-calls/#post-2726738)
 * That corrected the issue for me as well. Thank you so much!

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