# WAF Rule ID 356137  

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**Alert message:** Atomicorp.com WAF Rules: Potential Open Proxy Abuse - GeoIP Country Code Mismatch of X-Forwarded-For Request Header and Client REMOTE_ADDR 

**Rule Class:** Generic Attack Ruleset (80_asl_proxy_abuse.conf)

**Version:** '2.2.6' 

**Severity:** Critical (HIDS: 9)

**HTTP Protocol Phase:** 1 

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**Description:**

 Atomicorp.com WAF Rules: Potential Open Proxy Abuse - GeoIP Country Code Mismatch of X-Forwarded-For Request Header and Client REMOTE_ADDR

**Troubleshooting:**

**False Positives:**

Instructions to report false positives are detailed at [Reporting False Positives](https://wiki.atomicorp.com/wiki/index.php/Reporting_False_Positives)  If it is a false positive, we will fix the issue in the rules and get a release out to you promptly.

**Configuration Notes:** 

- enabled by: MODSEC_10_RULES 

- Requires Engine version: 2.9.0 or above

**Tuning guidance Notes:** 

None.

If you know that this behavior is acceptable for your application, you can tune by following the guidance on the Tuning the [Atomicorp WAF Rules](https://wiki.atomicorp.com/wiki/index.php/Mod_security)

**Additional Information:**

**Similar rules:**

None.

**Outside References:**

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