Howard Chu wrote:
Michael Ströder wrote:
Then use back-ldap as a LDAP reverse proxy or slapo-chain for chasing the
referrals automatically.
You keep using that phrase "reverse proxy" - it's just a proxy.
Well, I don't want to nitpick here but this wording is commonly used when
dealing with web servers:
1. A forwarding proxy is one your client might have to use to reach out to
external servers (by some definition of "external") and
2. a reverse proxy is the connection end point for the client which passes
requests on to a hidden server.
For 1. the client has to know about the proxy and for 2. the client does not
have to know (or even must not know).
See also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_proxy
Looking at this it seems appropriate to me to use the term "reverse proxy"
when talking about back-ldap.
Ciao, Michael.
P.S.: This reminds me of a feature request I wanted to submit to ITS for
letting libldap use a forwarding proxy via HTTP connect. Or at least pass a
file descriptor to ldap_initialize()...
