Re: [squid-users] Quick question on using squid as a reverse proxy

2008-04-26 Thread Henrik K
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 04:05:19PM -0400, Steven Pfister wrote: Does Apache + mod_security allow reverse proxying to https servers? The server is using both http and https currently, and I don't know enough about the actual server to know if doing everything over http is feasible. Apache

[squid-users] Quick question on using squid as a reverse proxy

2008-04-25 Thread Steven Pfister
We've thinking of using squid as a reverse proxy as part of a plan to open up access to a particular web site to outside users. Does squid as it's installed do any kind of checking of URLs for signs of attacks, or does something additional need to be installed (and what's popular for that)?

Re: [squid-users] Quick question on using squid as a reverse proxy

2008-04-25 Thread Henrik K
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 09:51:53AM -0400, Steven Pfister wrote: Does squid as it's installed do any kind of checking of URLs for signs of attacks, or does something additional need to be installed (and what's popular for that)? More likely you would want to use Apache with mod_security as

Re: [squid-users] Quick question on using squid as a reverse proxy

2008-04-25 Thread Steven Pfister
Thank you... I'll definitely check into that. Is there any where that lists a minimum hardware spec for using Apache that way? --Steve Steve Pfister Technical Coordinator, The Office of Information Technology Dayton Public Schools 115 S. Ludlow St. Dayton, OH 45402 Office (937) 542-3149

Re: [squid-users] Quick question on using squid as a reverse proxy

2008-04-25 Thread Ben Hollingsworth
Steven Pfister wrote: Besides taking away direct access to the webserver (and any vulnerabilities it may have) and providing some caching for static content, what are some other advantages of using squid this way? I'm trying to help put together a security recommendation. Squid can

Re: [squid-users] Quick question on using squid as a reverse proxy

2008-04-25 Thread Henrik Nordstrom
fre 2008-04-25 klockan 09:51 -0400 skrev Steven Pfister: Does squid as it's installed do any kind of checking of URLs for signs of attacks, or does something additional need to be installed (and what's popular for that)? Squid checks that the request is a properly formed HTTP request, which