In the php version of shindig you can configure the http fetcher to use a
proxy server by setting:
'proxy' => 'proxy.host.com:port'
in your configuration file (shindig/php/config/container.php or
shindig/php/config/local.php), so no need for any custom coding there.
On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 11:44 PM, Brian Eaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 3:13 AM, Tim Wintle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > (2) is the proxy prevented from hitting local addresses like localhost
> > or should I configure rewrite conditions against such an address (to
> > prevent access to server status pages etc) - haven't really got anything
> > to test against on this box.
>
> No. The proxy shipped with java shindig is completely insecure.
> Don't use it for anything except testing and prototyping.
>
> To make it secure you need to
> 1) set up an HTTP proxy with access to the internet, not your internal
> network. Squid would work for this.
> 2) write an HttpFetcher subclass that uses the proxy.
>
> We should have some sample code for this in Java shindig, but we
> don't. I think the PHP shindig has it already.
>
