Am 29.12.2009 12:48, schrieb Nick Kew: > > On 29 Dec 2009, at 10:38, robert rottermann wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> I set up an apache on a debian lenny. >> I do have a virtual host that uses the redirect module. > > Ugly! > >> Now all access to that virtual host is blocked. >> only when I alter the config file of the proxy module to allow access from >> everywhere I can access the site: > > That's what you (usually) want for a reverse proxy. > >> <IfModule mod_proxy.c> > > Drop <IfModule>. It only serves to confuse, if you're editing your config > "by hand" (as opposed to purely with tools like debian's a2enmod). > >> now this is for sure wrong. >> So could somebody please give me a hint what should be in the <Proxy /> stanza? > > You're confusing forward and reverse proxies. Forward proxies are > dangerous and need to be restricted, but you've correctly set > ProxyRequests Off, so you don't have a forward proxy. Reverse > proxies are, to all intents and purposes, equivalent to origin servers. > > But put all your proxy directives inside the <VirtualHost>. > And <Proxy> is usually a bad idea: use <Location> instead. > thanks a lot, I never used such an proxy directive and was wondering whether I was always creating an open proxy. now the only thing I had to do, was to delete the config file provided by debian.. by the way: why is using the redirect module ugly? thanks again robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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