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Hi there, I’ve got an issue that may not actually be technically
solveable. I need to send a users request for a URI to a remote server via my
own apache proxy, but there are some complications to this. The user will issue the URL http://my.proxy.co.uk:8080/WEB The remote system expects to see the full URL combination as
https://remote.me.int:8444/WEB
(NOTE: HTTPS!!) However I have to proxy this through a remote proxy that
only supports HTTP, e.g http://gateway:1998 ,
this proxy also needs user/password authentication!!! My current configuration is as follows: Rewriterule to rewrite the incoming URL and re-write it to https://remote.me.int:8444/WEB and
has a “P” flag at the end of the rule to send it to the Proxy
engine. The proxy engine then has a ProxyRemote rule to send
everything to the remote proxy. The problems I have with this is that the connection made to
the remote proxy is in HTTPS, rather than HTTP, it doesn’t support
HTTPS!! I am under the assumption that the user/password
authentication will be made via a webform so I can sort that on the clients
browser, my main issue is how to tunnel the HTTPS connection without it being
refused by the HTTP proxy. Anyone got any ideas?? Is this technically do-able with
Apache??, anyone done this before? Cheers in advance Steve Capgemini is a trading name used by the Capgemini Group of companies which includes Capgemini UK plc, a company registered in England and Wales (number 943935) whose registered office is at No. 1 Forge End, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6DB. This message contains information that may be privileged or confidential and is the property of the Capgemini Group. It is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy, disseminate, distribute, or use this message or any part thereof. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this message. |
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