I've just recently compiled and installed the mod_rewrite and mod_proxy modules. My specific reason for doing so is that I wanted to use AJAX calls between two internal (intranet) domains, but due to 'same origin' policy, could not. Google told me that I can get around this by proxying. All sorts of PHP examples abounded, but 1) I'm a java programmer and 2) I don't want to write my own proxy code so 3) let's just use mod_rewrite! I've now got that all set up and working. My one domain successfully makes AJAX calls to the second, all through mod_rewrite. But now I'm wanting to make absolutely certain of something: The *only* references I have to mod_proxy or mod_rewrite are the LoadModule commands, and my one mod_rewrite section: RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^/myproxy/(.*)/(.*)$ http://$1/foo/bar.jsp?x=$2 [P] I see this commented-out section as well: #<IfModule mod_proxy.c> #ProxyRequests On # #<Proxy *> # Order deny,allow # Deny from all # Allow from .example.com #</Proxy> I'm just worried/wondering if my server is "secure", and that it's not acting as an open proxy? Am I right in thinking that unless I explicitly turn on ProxyRequests, that merely loading the module does not cause it to become a proxy server? Secondly, could I use the <Proxy *> control block to limit even the reverse proxy to *only* accept requests from that single internal host? Or have I effectively done this, by making my RewriteEngine and RewriteRule directives within a virtual host block? Thanks. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|