On Wed, Oct 06, 1999, Yaniv Ben-Yosef wrote:
> I was wondering if mod_ssl can be used as a https-to-http proxy. The
> architecture I'm looking for is something like this:
>
> |
> +---------+ | +---------+ +-------------+
> | HTTP | HTTPS | | Apache | HTTP | Application |
> | Client | <----> | | mod_ssl | <-------> | Server |
> | | | | | | |
> +---------+ | +---------+ +-------------+
> |
> |
> firewall
>
> The idea is that the application server gets requests and sends responses in
> plaintext, and the Apache server takes care of encrypting/decrypting
> everything for it.
> I heard it was possible (perhaps I was misled). Any idea how?
That should be easy. Just use ProxyPass or RewriteRule with flag [P] on the
SSL-aware <VirtualHost> of the Apache/mod_ssl server. Read the mod_proxy
and/or mod_rewrite documentation for details.
Ralf S. Engelschall
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