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+using System.Net;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+
+namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Extensions
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Static class containing extension methods for <see cref="HttpContext"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class HttpContextExtensions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Checks the origin of the HTTP context.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="context">The incoming HTTP context.</param>
+        /// <returns><c>true</c> if the request is coming from LAN, <c>false</c> otherwise.</returns>
+        public static bool IsLocal(this HttpContext context)
+        {
+            return (context.Connection.LocalIpAddress == null
+                    && context.Connection.RemoteIpAddress == null)
+                   || context.Connection.LocalIpAddress.Equals(context.Connection.RemoteIpAddress);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Extracts the remote IP address of the caller of the HTTP context.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="context">The HTTP context.</param>
+        /// <returns>The remote caller IP address.</returns>
+        public static string GetNormalizedRemoteIp(this HttpContext context)
+        {
+            // Default to the loopback address if no RemoteIpAddress is specified (i.e. during integration tests)
+            var ip = context.Connection.RemoteIpAddress ?? IPAddress.Loopback;
+
+            if (ip.IsIPv4MappedToIPv6)
+            {
+                ip = ip.MapToIPv4();
+            }
+
+            return ip.ToString();
+        }
+    }
+}