fix(poll): resolve the client address via nginx real_ip, never from X-Forwarded-For

A client-supplied X-Forwarded-For could mint a fresh device hash per
request. nginx now trusts only the edge hop (192.168.178.164) when
unwinding the chain and passes the result as X-Real-IP; the service
uses nothing else. setup-poll.sh --reset wipes the vote table.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01MScAinbyMdeNc7H2BZdnnG

ops/nginx/furtka.org.conf

@@ -31,9 +31,15 @@ server {
 
     # Poll counter (ops/poll/pollsvc.py) — cookie-free, rate-limited.
     location /api/poll/ {
+        # Public traffic arrives from the edge proxy via 192.168.178.164.
+        # Only that hop is trusted when unwinding X-Forwarded-For, so a
+        # client-supplied X-Forwarded-For cannot forge a fresh "device".
+        set_real_ip_from 192.168.178.164;
+        real_ip_header X-Forwarded-For;
+        real_ip_recursive on;
+
         limit_req zone=poll burst=10 nodelay;
         proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8090/;
-        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
         proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
         proxy_set_header User-Agent $http_user_agent;
         proxy_read_timeout 5s;

ops/poll/pollsvc.py

@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ beyond the standard library.
     GET  /<poll>          -> {"poll": "logo", "counts": {"m": 3, "r": 5}, "total": 8}
     POST /<poll>          -> body {"choice": "m"}; answers like GET plus "yours"
 
-A device is identified by a salted SHA-256 of client IP + User-Agent, so
+A device is identified by a salted SHA-256 of client IP (as resolved by
-nobody needs a cookie and the raw address is never stored. Voting again
+nginx from the trusted edge proxy) + User-Agent, so nobody needs a cookie
+and the raw address is never stored. Voting again
 from the same device changes the vote instead of adding one.
 """
 
@@ -85,9 +86,10 @@ class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         log.debug(fmt, *args)
 
     def _client_ip(self) -> str:
-        xff = self.headers.get("X-Forwarded-For")
+        # nginx resolves the trusted proxy chain (real_ip module, see
-        if xff:
+        # ops/nginx/furtka.org.conf) and hands us the result as X-Real-IP.
-            return xff.split(",")[0].strip()
+        # We never parse X-Forwarded-For here: its leading entries are
+        # whatever the client chose to send.
         return self.headers.get("X-Real-IP") or self.client_address[0]
 
     def _device(self) -> str:

ops/poll/setup-poll.sh

@@ -2,10 +2,17 @@
 # Install / update the poll counter on forge-runner-01. Idempotent.
 #
 # Usage (on the VM, with sudo):
-#   sudo ops/poll/setup-poll.sh
+#   sudo ops/poll/setup-poll.sh            # install / update
+#   sudo ops/poll/setup-poll.sh --reset    # ... and wipe all votes
 set -euo pipefail
 HERE="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
 
+if [ "${1:-}" = "--reset" ]; then
+  systemctl stop furtka-poll 2>/dev/null || true
+  rm -f /var/lib/furtka-poll/votes.db
+  echo "votes wiped"
+fi
+
 install -d -m 0755 /opt/furtka-poll
 install -m 0644 "$HERE/pollsvc.py" /opt/furtka-poll/pollsvc.py
 install -m 0644 "$HERE/furtka-poll.service" /etc/systemd/system/furtka-poll.service