Hello, > > I consume web services from an outside-of-my-firewall SSL server that requires > clients to be SSL-authenticated (clients must pre-register). My application > server resides inside of my firewall. I would like to access the > aforementioned web services through a proxy in order to not expose my internal > server hostname to the outside world. I have tried to setup my SSL connection > (e.g., using my client certificate, trusting the web service provider) from > within my internal application server w/ the client certificate generated for > the proxy (as opposed to the hidden application) server but the SSL server > would not fall for it. > > Assuming that my initial approach is not possible, I would like to use an > apache http server as my proxy-server/SSL-client. My goal is to keep this > apache server thin (i.e., only configuration, no extra java code). Is there a > way to configure mod_proxy and (specially) mod_ssl to do this very thing? > > Here¹s my proxy.conf template: > > ProxyRequests On > <Proxy *> > Order deny,allow > Deny from all > Allow from internal_ip_address > </Proxy> > > Cheers, > > John.
