On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 09:46:38PM -0500, Nigel Hamilton wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to hand all SSL requests to a backend mod_perl server > with mod_gzip installed for compression. > > This means that SSL content is pre-compressed by the backend > server before being encrypted by the frontend (Mini How To - below). > > Apparently mod_gzip and SSL on the same server will not work - > this is why I need to pass the request to a proxy to handle the compression. > > So ... a request on https://turbo10.com:446/index.html (server A) > passes to http://turbo10.com:44300/index.html (server B). > > The file is compressed by server B and passed back to server A for > encryption and tranmission to the client. > > This works fine for static files. > > .... BUT .... > > Mod_perl scripts seem to fail: > > https://turbo10.com:446/cgi-bin/splashpage1.cgi > > The log reports: > > [Mon Oct 14 21:33:25 2002] [error] > proxy:http://turbo10.com:44300/cgi-bin/splashpage1.cgi not found or unable > to stat
Something tells me that the proxy isn't handling this, have you double checked that the proxy server is actually sending the request to the mod_gzip enabled server? -- Thomas Eibner <http://thomas.eibner.dk/> DnsZone <http://dnszone.org/> mod_pointer <http://stderr.net/mod_pointer> <http://photos.eibner.dk/> !(C)<http://copywrong.dk/> <http://apachegallery.dk/> Putting the HEST in .COM <http://www.hestdesign.com/>
