Re: [users@httpd] Newbie - Apache as internet facing proxy for Windows/IIS backend .net app server?

2018-05-10 Thread Yehuda Katz
You could add additional authentication requirements in the reverse proxy for specific requests. You can also make sure to only proxy requests that match what you think the backend should process. There are a lot of tools that can help you, but as you said, you might get the best results if someone

Re: [users@httpd] Newbie - Apache as internet facing proxy for Windows/IIS backend .net app server?

2018-05-10 Thread Charles Marcus
Ok, a follow-up question... My only concern here is security. This is not and never will be a heavily used system, but it will serve as a gateway to a backend accounting system, so I'm not concerned with load balancing or any of the other features that come with a reverse proxy. My only concern is

Re: [users@httpd] Newbie - Apache as internet facing proxy for Windows/IIS backend .net app server?

2018-05-08 Thread Charles Marcus
Ok, will give this a shot, although I won't get any support from them for the reverse proxy - but hopefully won't need any. :) */Charles/*/* */ On Mon May 07 2018 13:56:56 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time), Yehuda Katz wrote: > Your application will still need to run on a Windows server with IIS,

Re: [users@httpd] Newbie - Apache as internet facing proxy for Windows/IIS backend .net app server?

2018-05-07 Thread Yehuda Katz
Your application will still need to run on a Windows server with IIS, but it can be behind your firewall. Your Apache HTTPD server would go in your DMZ and would proxy connections between the clients on the internet and the internal server. (Your firewall would need to allow those connections.) -

Re: [users@httpd] Newbie - Apache as internet facing proxy for Windows/IIS backend .net app server?

2018-05-07 Thread Charles Marcus
Ok, thanks! But to be clear - I asked the Support people and was told, and I quote: "The Webvantage, Client Portal and Mobile Server applications are .Net IIS applications that require Microsoft Windows and IIS." So... was that just a typical response from a Windows support person who doesn't re

Re: [users@httpd] Newbie - Apache as internet facing proxy for Windows/IIS backend .net app server?

2018-05-07 Thread Yehuda Katz
Certainly. I would start with the Reverse Proxy Guide: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/howto/reverse_proxy.html Come back here if you have any questions. - Y On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 1:32 PM Charles Marcus wrote: > Hello all, > > I just want to know if this is even worth my time trying to figur

[users@httpd] Newbie - Apache as internet facing proxy for Windows/IIS backend .net app server?

2018-05-07 Thread Charles Marcus
Hello all, I just want to know if this is even worth my time trying to figure out. We have an Accounting application (.ne/IIS on Windows Server 2008R2) on our LAN, but I need to provide a window to this through the internet, and I'd really, really like to not put a Windows Server on our DMZ facin