1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb
index 7d1f5a4504..6e8a5dcb8a 100755
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module ActionDispatch
 
         HTTP_ACCEPT HTTP_ACCEPT_CHARSET HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING
         HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL HTTP_FROM
-        HTTP_NEGOTIATE HTTP_PRAGMA HTTP_REFERER HTTP_USER_AGENT ].each do |env|
+        HTTP_NEGOTIATE HTTP_PRAGMA ].each do |env|
       define_method(env.sub(/^HTTP_/n, '').downcase) do
         @env[env]
       end
@@ -465,6 +465,15 @@ EOM
       session['flash'] || {}
     end
 
+    # Returns the authorization header regardless of whether it was specified directly or through one of the
+    # proxy alternatives.
+    def authorization
+      @env['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION']   ||
+      @env['X-HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'] ||
+      @env['X_HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'] ||
+      @env['REDIRECT_X_HTTP_AUTHORIZATION']
+    end
+
     # Receives an array of mimes and return the first user sent mime that
     # matches the order array.
     #