Device or program that stands between two or more interconnected programs/devices
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12answers
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How to set up Nginx as a caching reverse proxy?
I heard recently that Nginx has added caching to its reverse proxy feature. I looked around but couldn't find much info about it.
I want to set up Nginx as a caching reverse proxy in front of ...
23
votes
5answers
239 views
Can any of the popular IM networks work like this?
Joe, Jack and Jill use IM as a communication medium among themselves in Company A, where they work, and with customers and partners around the world. No goofing off here -- it's a legitimate work ...
17
votes
6answers
9k views
How can I set proxy for subversion with ssh tunnel?
I want to check out/update the code via proxy since my local connection is slow. I setup ssh tunnel : ssh -D 8090 user@ssh.proxy.net
to forward all the packets to my localhost:8090.
How can I set up ...
16
votes
3answers
11k views
Configuring Apache2 to proxy WebSocket?
The WebSocket protocol is an extension of the HTTP protocol. However, the proxy module of Apache2 does not seem to know about it, and throws away crucial headers, converting the call to a standard ...
15
votes
3answers
398 views
Info on Providing Proxy Servers to Iranian Dissidents?
Does anyone know of efforts to provide proxy servers to Iranian dissidents?
I would like to help. Caveats: I am a networking newbie with some underused hardware of lightweight capability, so I don't ...
13
votes
2answers
19k views
Apache ProxyPass with SSL
I want to proxy requests from an SSL site via a non-SSL site. My Apache httpd.conf looks like this:
<VirtualHost 1.2.3.4:80>
ServerName foo.com
ProxyPass / https://bar.com/
...
12
votes
10answers
3k views
Block Facebook for selected users
We have a few users here who are using Facebook during working hours and their productivity is through the floor, as a temporary measure I have remotely edited their hosts files to point facebook.com ...
12
votes
7answers
16k views
What is a good SQUID Logs Analyzer?
Can anyone recommend me a good tool for analyzing squid logs ?
I'm currently using SARG. Is there something better?
I need to easily see what sites were visited/denied, when and by whom.
There is ...
11
votes
8answers
2k views
How can I download an executable file inside the company network when it's been locked down?
This might seem like a silly (or nefarious) question at first glance, but allow me to elaborate...
We have implemented all sorts of measures on the company network and proxy to prevent the download ...
11
votes
1answer
264 views
haproxy: retain existing sessions under high load, serve '503' to new arrivals
Trying to do what it says in the title: retain existing sessions under high load, and serve 503-message to newly arrived visitors.
Problem: it works, but the sessions don't last beyond about 90 ...
9
votes
7answers
28k views
Apache VirtualHost with mod-proxy and SSL
I am trying to setup a server with multiple web applications which will all be served through apache VirtualHost (apache running on the same server). My main constrain is that each web application ...
9
votes
2answers
4k views
How to divert traffic based on hostname using HAProxy?
I've had some initial success with HAProxy setting up a bunch of app servers listening on various other ports.
I now have another webserver listening on one port, and i'd like to what changes to make ...
9
votes
6answers
872 views
When/why to use a web proxy/gateway?
Right now we have about a 25-30 PC network, connected to the internet with a run-of-the-mill SonicWall Firewall/Router device. There isn't much filtering / blocking other than outgoing SMTP (for ...
9
votes
2answers
6k views
Proxy exceptions when using $http_proxy env var?
In a typical browser, when we set a proxy server, we can define a list of hostnames/IP addresses that are not to use the proxy server. How do we accomplish the same thing when using $http_proxy? I ...
9
votes
4answers
2k views
Load balancing using IIS7 request routing and load balancing module
Microsoft has a lot of documentation about their somewhat new load balancing and request routing module for IIS7 located here: ...
9
votes
2answers
468 views
API Management Solutions
I'm currently building an API and am looking for a tool to allow me to monitor (in a GUI) and rate-limit usage. I've come across a few enterprise solutions including:
http://apigee.com/
...
7
votes
8answers
9k views
How to inject HTML code into every delivered HTML page?
I've got an Apache web server that delivers static HTML pages. For some reason I can't change the files themselves, but I still want to inject some HTML into every page that is being served.
Is this ...
7
votes
2answers
517 views
ISP grade Proxy
We are a ISP in Africa (bandwidth is expensive, more than 800 USD per Mbit). Instead of investing in more bandwidth I believe it can be worthy to invest on web proxy appliance.
I prefer to use mature ...
7
votes
1answer
972 views
mod_rpaf problems with Nginx front, Apache back-end after Ubuntu upgrade
I'm running an Nginx front-end for static files, and proxying to an Apache backend for PHP and Passenger, using Apache's mod_rpaf to set the correct remote IP address on the backend. Everything worked ...
6
votes
1answer
1k views
How to avoid restarting Apache proxy when you restart CouchDB
I'm running a localhost CouchDB instance using CouchDBX on my Mac, proxied behind Apache 2 using the ProxyPass directive:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName playlick # points to localhost in ...
6
votes
1answer
781 views
SSH through a SOCKS Proxy? (client = OpenSSH OS X)
I'm not sure if this question is best suited here on ServerFault or over on SuperUser. Thinking about it logically I think this is a sysadmin question, so I'm putting it here, and if the mods think it ...
6
votes
1answer
7k views
Akward delay to connect Apache's proxy request to a node.js App
In my Ubuntu Server 10.04 I'm running an example node.js app:
var http = require("http");
function onRequest(request, response) {
console.log("Request received.");
...
6
votes
6answers
1k views
Simulate company proxy for users that take laptops home
My company uses an HTTP Proxy, so I had to configure several config-files of my tools to access the internet via the the Proxy.
When users are at home, they won't be able to use that proxy (except ...
6
votes
3answers
655 views
Best way to authenticate users to the proxy in mobile devices
As example, in Forefront TMG I can have a wpad entry in the DNS and computers discover it and autoconfigure the web proxy. When the user tries to go to the Internet he is promptped for the ...
6
votes
1answer
318 views
Squid 3 reloading makes it stop serving requests
So, we use Squid 3 here (3.0.STABLE8-3+lenny4), pretty standard configuration (no dansguardian or similar) + NTLM authentication with LDAP background, circa 1000 users on a busy day, and our acls ...
6
votes
1answer
11k views
Configure PHP to use a proxy?
Using PHP 5.2.6 and need to configure it to use our forward proxy (which requires authentication be set) so that the PHP scripts can connect to the internet correctly.
I see that PHP.INI in the 4 ...
6
votes
2answers
368 views
nginx proxy retry while backend is restarting
Nginx returns 502 while the backend is restarting. How can I make nginx proxy retry N times with M seconds delay? Is there a plugin or something else?
6
votes
5answers
7k views
PHP on Linux: How to make PHP use proxy settings to connect to internet?
my server is in a LAN and is connected to internet through a Proxy Server.
my PHP application (Drupal), should be able to check for updates through PHP codes. how can i set Proxy Settings for PHP so ...
6
votes
3answers
2k views
Event ID 16: Windows Update Client ignoring proxy settings
Have a couple of locked down, standalone Windows 2008 R2 servers (not on a domain; no WSUS) that refuse to adhere to the proxy settings each morning at around 4:25AM EST with what I'm assuming is a ...
5
votes
5answers
6k views
Easy TCP proxy on Windows?
What I want is to configure a computer in home with Windows and use it as a TCP proxy for connect and route packets from the 80 to port 23 in another server in the Internet
5
votes
5answers
8k views
Will a reverse proxy in front of web server improve security?
Third-party security professional is recommending we run a reverse proxy in front of the web server (all hosted in the DMZ) as a best practice security measure.
I know this is a typical recommended ...
5
votes
10answers
25k views
Internet Explorer isn't auto-discovering http://wpad/wpad.dat auto-config
I am being driven to frustration by this problem.
I have set up a file called wpad.dat (essentially, a proxy.pac file renamed) and put it on an internal web site. I've set up DNS entries so host name ...
5
votes
4answers
8k views
How can I disable encryption on openssh?
I'm having performance problems using openshh(server) and putty(client) combination to use a remote webproxy. I'd like to disable encryption and test the results to see if it makes a difference. How ...
5
votes
3answers
3k views
Using Supermicro IPMI behind a Proxy?
This is a SuperMicro server with a X8DT3 motherboard which contains an On-board IPMI BMC. In this case, the BMC is a Winbond WPCM450). I believe many Dell servers use this a similar BMC model.
A ...
5
votes
2answers
279 views
Could my enterprise proxy know the content of an https request?
Like for instance login into my bank account or knowing what information do I submit via HTTPs?
I'm not sure what proxy server do we have.
5
votes
5answers
5k views
Help me understand how to use ProxyPass
UPDATE: I added a revised question after playing around with it two answers below.
Hi there,
If you're reading this you're probably familiar with Apache's mod_proxy and its ProxyPass function. Like ...
5
votes
1answer
1k views
Linux support for proxy PAC files
My corporate environment is setup with a proxy blocking external internet access and requiring NTLM authentication. Internal addresses will not be routed be the proxy and must be accessed directly.
...
5
votes
2answers
21k views
How do I configure proxy settings for LOCAL SYSTEM?
If I edit Proxy Settings through the Control Panel, the settings are stored in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ProxyEnable and ...\ProxyServer. These ...
5
votes
1answer
970 views
Limit bandwidth per IP address in Squid
I am having Squid 3.1.18 installed. I want to limit the maximum bandwidth any IP can use to 128 Kbps. Is it possible using squid ?
I am not using squid authentication so identifying users and ...
5
votes
5answers
267 views
Identical traffic
I am running an application server and logging all requests for analysis purposes later. One interesting trend I noticed last night was, I had a visitor from Texas on FIOS share identical traffic ...
5
votes
2answers
3k views
Nginx (for static files) and Apache (for dynamic content)?
So, my entire application runs on apache just fine. However, I want to test how much the requests per second increases if I put all static files through nginx instead.
I found this thread:
...
5
votes
3answers
17k views
ubuntu set system proxy from command line
Using server version of 10.4 beta 2
Need to to set the proxy that the system needs to use
Thanks
5
votes
3answers
3k views
Squid Proxy Antivirus - Recommendations / Performance [closed]
Due to our user's increasing expertise at downloading virus and the like, we are investigating adding Antivirus to our Squid proxy.
A casual Google reveals several free and one paid:
HAVP
...
5
votes
1answer
166 views
When does IIS log a request?
This sounds silly, but when do they log requests? I have a web application, and about 500 HTTP proxies that will load up that application. But problem is sometimes (and this morning a lot), the proxy ...
5
votes
2answers
2k views
SSH over HTTPS with proxytunnel and nginx
I'm trying to setup an ssh over https connection using nginx. I haven't found any working examples, so any help would be appreciated!
~$ cat .ssh/config
Host example.net
Hostname example.net
...
5
votes
2answers
797 views
Apache mod_proxy to another server
I am using the proxy_balancer in Apache2 to proxy requests to a Rails application to my rails server on the port the application is running on. This is how its set up...
Rails Server
Mongrel running ...
5
votes
1answer
72 views
Using Postgres Basic Auth in NGINX to add query result to Proxy HTTP Header
We are trying to use the ngx_postgres module to do basic authentication through NGINX. We want to retrieve a value from the query result-pair and add it to the HTTP Header, and then proxy this to ...
5
votes
2answers
1k views
Configure Apache to use external proxy for HTTPS connection
I'm trying to make my Apache use external proxy for HTTPS requests:
Listen 80
Listen 443
..
LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
LoadModule proxy_connect_module modules/mod_proxy_connect.so
...
5
votes
3answers
1k views
Transparent HTTP Proxy (Windows)
I have SquidNT set up on my home network for HTTP caching and it's working great. I want to use it as a transparent proxy server, though. Googling tells me to use Softperfect Bandwidth Manager to do ...
4
votes
5answers
539 views
How to provide HTTPS access to a webserver that doesn't support SSL?
I have a program (motion) that serves a web page showing a live camera feed. I want to make that feed available via internet, but using SSL and a certificate so the feed can only be seen by those that ...
