Re: is it possible ? (ssl-tunneling)

[Sander Temme <sctemme@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 22, 2007, at 2:57 PM, arry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> is it possible to have the connection between the client and the  
> reverse proxy
> encrypted with ssl and authorization basic ? smth like ssh-tunneling ?
>
> example :
>
>           client <---- SSL ---- >  Apache  <-------------> origin  
> server
>                                  reversed
>                                  proxy

Absolutely. Set the Apache up to handle SSL, and protect the proxied  
location(s) with whatever authentication scheme you like. Then set up  
the reverse proxy in the usual way.

S.

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