[mod] limiter: trusted proxies (#4911)

Replaces `x_for` functionality with `trusted_proxies`. This allows defining
which IP / ranges to trust extracting the client IP address from X-Forwarded-For
and X-Real-IP headers.

We don't know if the proxy chain will give us the proper client
address (REMOTE_ADDR in the WSGI environment), so we rely on reading the headers
of the proxy before SearXNG (if there is one, in that case it must be added to
trusted_proxies) hoping it has done the proper checks. In case a proxy in the
chain does not check the client address correctly, integrity is compromised and
this should be fixed by whoever manages the proxy, not us.

Closes:

- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/4940
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/4939
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/4907
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/3632
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/3191
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/1237

Related:

- https://github.com/searxng/searxng-docker/issues/386
- https://github.com/inetol-infrastructure/searxng-container/issues/81
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@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
from urllib.parse import urlparse
from werkzeug.middleware.proxy_fix import ProxyFix
from werkzeug.serving import WSGIRequestHandler
from searx import settings
@ -73,5 +72,5 @@ class ReverseProxyPathFix:
def patch_application(app):
# serve pages with HTTP/1.1
WSGIRequestHandler.protocol_version = "HTTP/{}".format(settings['server']['http_protocol_version'])
# patch app to handle non root url-s behind proxy & wsgi
app.wsgi_app = ReverseProxyPathFix(ProxyFix(app.wsgi_app))
# patch app to handle non root url-s behind proxy
app.wsgi_app = ReverseProxyPathFix(app.wsgi_app)