[mod-security-users] mod_maxminddb support

[Marc S. <mar...@ap...>]

As you know, the geo-localisation databases used by ModSecurity are no 
more updated.
Maxmind, the databases provider, developed a new DB format and provides 
its own module (mod_maxminddb).
mod_maxminddb was lacking a feature to integrate it smoothly with 
ModSecurity: settings the IP address from inside a rule. I introduced 
this feature some time ago and I'm happy to announce that this patch was 
merged in Maxmind's code and is thus officially part of the module.
You can now set an environment variable in a rule - in (real) phase 1 - 
and mod_maxminddb will use this IP address as source.
Note that, for most uses, mod_remote_ip is an easier solution.

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