f using an http/https load balancer in front of the ingress gateway, the <code>remote.ip</code> attribute is set to the original client IP address determined by the <code>X-Forwarded-For</code> http header from the trusted proxy configured through the <code>numTrustedProxies</code> field of the <code>gatewayTopology</code> under the <code>meshConfig</code> when you install Istio or set it via an annotation on the ingress gateway. See the documentation here: <a href=/v1.23/docs/ops/configuration/traffic-mana