On 25-Nov-98 Ralf S. Engelschall wrote:
> No, it's not silly IMHO. We do a similar approach on one of the
> production servers I maintain. As long as you have a secure
> connection between your Linux and your NT server it's ok, i.e.
> when you use the above approach you should allow only the Linux
> server to access the NT server or someone can by-pass the
> Linux server.
The Linux server will have 2 NICs : one for the NT server, the other
for the NT server. So it's a direct link.
> But then just do the following: Put a ProxyPass (or alternatively a
> RewriteRule with the [P] flag) into the SSL-enabled <VirtualHost>
> on the Linux server. This way you pass certain URLs to the NT box
> in the background.
Hey! I hadn't thought of the [P] plag in mod_rewrite. Now that you
mention it, that is exactly what I need. Thanks for the clue.
> You can even use HTTPS for this, because with mod_ssl the
> ProxyPass is HTTPS-aware, too.
I don't trust NT. I don't know NT. I don't want to know NT.
Nothing complex on the NT side.
-Philip
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