slive 02/03/18 14:22:55
Modified: htdocs/manual/mod mod_proxy.html
Log:
Let's be good netizens and try to keep people from messing up
by running an open proxy server.
Revision Changes Path
1.60 +16 -2 httpd-docs-1.3/htdocs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.html
Index: mod_proxy.html
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retrieving revision 1.59
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diff -u -d -b -u -r1.59 -r1.60
--- mod_proxy.html 9 Mar 2002 22:51:14 -0000 1.59
+++ mod_proxy.html 18 Mar 2002 22:22:55 -0000 1.60
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@
<p>This module was experimental in Apache 1.1.x. As of Apache
1.2, mod_proxy stability is <em>greatly</em> improved.</p>
+ <p><strong>Warning:</strong> Do not enable proxying with <a
+ href="#proxyrequests">ProxyRequests</a> until you have <a
+ href="#access">secured your server</a>. Open proxy servers are
+ dangerous both to your network and to the Internet at large.</p>
+
<h2>Directives</h2>
<ul>
@@ -127,8 +132,8 @@
<pre>
<Directory proxy:*>
Order Deny,Allow
-Deny from [machines you'd like *not* to allow by IP address or name]
-Allow from [machines you'd like to allow by IP address or name]
+Deny from all
+Allow from yournetwork.example.com
</Directory>
</pre>
@@ -136,6 +141,9 @@
known to work for all possible URLs in Apache versions earlier
than 1.2b10.</p>
+ <p>For more information, see <a
+ href="mod_access.html">mod_access</a>.</p>
+
<h2><a id="shortname" name="shortname">Using Netscape hostname
shortcuts</a></h2>
There is an optional patch to the proxy module to allow
@@ -294,6 +302,12 @@
<p>This allows or prevents Apache from functioning as a proxy
server. Setting ProxyRequests to 'off' does not disable use of
the <a href="#proxypass">ProxyPass</a> directive.</p>
+
+ <p><strong>Warning:</strong> Do <strong>not</strong> enable
+ proxying until you have <a href="#access">secured your server</a>.
+ Open proxy servers are dangerous both to your network and to the
+ Internet at large.</p>
+
<hr />
<h2><a id="proxyremote" name="proxyremote">ProxyRemote</a>
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