> i've seen discussion at perl.apache.org/guide about having a
> hefty mod_perl server with a lightweight server proxying
> the heavy-lifting requests to the mod_perl server (same machine,
> different machine).
>
> can this be done with mod_ssl and mod_perl?
Yes, lots of people do that. You need the front-end to have mod_proxy and
mod_ssl.
> internet firewall mod_ssl backend mod_perl
> --------> [1.2.3.4] --------> [192.168.7.10]
> :443 ssl verify -------> apache:80
> :80 portforward ------> apache:80
>
> i'm thinking of using port forwarding on 1.2.3.4 to send :80 http
> requests directly to the mod_perl server, and have :443 https
> requests get verified thru the mod_ssl server which then also get
> sent to the mod_perl server at 192.168.7.10 (HTML::Mason needed
> to do the work).
I suggest you have both go through the front-end server. There are multiple
reasons to do this, which are outlined in the guide.
- Perrin
