Re: HTTP proxy/redirector to a unique virtual host ....

[dork () gmx at]

hi!

apache mod_proxy (ProxyPass & ProxyPassReverse) should be capable. just use 
apache as your proxy. bind it on the port you need, and use ProxyPass to 
gather the response from the server behind. if you use a hostname, mod_proxy 
should use it so that your backend server even may use name-based vhosts. 
ip-based vhosts should work anyway (but would not be the problem, so i assume 
you have name-based).
just a redirect to an ip (given that the "Host: " header contains the ip then) 
has to fail - the information the backend server would need for managing the 
vhost is missing.
another benefit of using apache as proxy is the easy https termination.

maybe check squid documentation, i didn't have to use it so far, but it should 
be able to handle things like this too.

hth

On Wednesday 15 March 2006 22:45, Alberto Paris wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone on the list knows of any kind of software (for Windows, Linux,
> or anything) that I can set up as an HTTP/HTTPS proxy/redirector to receive
> requests on a specific TCP port, and then redirects them to another IP, AND
> to a scpecific Virtual Host ?
>
> Something like what 'stunnel' does, but I also need the capability of
> directing the traffic to a specific virtual host on the destination web
> server .....
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated ....
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Alberto Paris
> albertoparis () hotmail com
> Colombia
>
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