Perrin Harkins wrote:
If what you're saying is that you can't separate out the mod_perl bits with a proxy because they do things like authentication, you might be
That's unfortunately exactly the problem. It's not authentication, but the mod_perl bits are still required before proxying can be done.
interested in seeing what LiveJournal does with their proxy called perlbal. They use a system of internal redirects to let mod_perl handle auth functions and pass the file serving off to perlbal. You can read about it in Brad Fitzpatrick's presentation (around silde 45): http://www.danga.com/words/2007_04_linuxfest_nw/linuxfest.pdf
Very interesting reading, thanks for the pointer. I will certainly take a closer look at Perlbal.
Cheers, -- Jani
