You should also consider squid in accelerator mode. <http://squid.nlanr.net/>.
BTW, apache works just fine when the moon is only 1/4 full but I've had problems keeping the moon only a 1/4 full. Dean On Tue, 15 Apr 1997, Chuck Murcko wrote: > Apache isn't useful as the sort of proxy you need. You want something like > http-gw or plug-gw from the Firewall Tool Kit (fwtk). You need to set your > browser to point at the Apache server to use it as a proxy, since its > intent is to be used as an outbound and relay proxy. > > I assume you have considered the dangers in relaying RAW HTTP requests > inbound through your firewall. > > > > > >Number: 396 > > >Category: mod_proxy > > >Synopsis: Proxy does not forward, instead returns a blank "Index of > > >/" page > > >Confidential: no > > >Severity: serious > > >Priority: medium > > >Responsible: apache (Apache HTTP Project) > > >State: open > > >Class: sw-bug > > >Submitter-Id: apache > > >Arrival-Date: Tue Apr 15 10:30:01 1997 > > >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Organization: > > apache > > >Release: 1.2b8 > > >Environment: > > Firewall running Linux 2.0.29, gcc 2.7.2, Pentium 166, > > Slackware 3.1 distribution, Phase of the Moon: 3/4 full > > >Description: > > I am attempting to use Apache 1.2b8 as an inbound proxy to our Web site. > > The configuration is such: > > firewall is named gatekeeper and has a CNAME record of www for the outside > > world > > internal web host is named shotgun and has a CNAME record of www for the > > internal net > > gatekeeper resolves www to the correct internal host, not to itself > > > > When using Apache with the poxy module compiled in all access attempts > > produce > > an Apache generated "Index of /" page that conains a .. entry. Clicking on > > the .. gets you no where. I've tried the following proxy directives: > > ProxyRequests On > > ProxyPass /* http://www.gundaker.com/ > > and every derivative I could think of. ProxyRequests by itself, multiple > > variations on ProxyPass all to no avail. > > > > CERN 3.0a is currently working fine as an inbound proxy, and I haven't had > > any problems with it. Our internal server is Netscape Commerce 2.1. > > This behavior also occured under 1.2b7. > > >How-To-Repeat: > > Please keep this URL confidential > > To see this in action, try > > http://www.gundaker.com:8089 > > to see what should happen try http://www.gundaker.com > > >Fix: > > > > >Audit-Trail: > > >Unformatted: > > > > > > > > > -- > chuck > Chuck Murcko The Topsail Group West Chester PA USA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
