RE: iptables: hide the real web server from users

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Squid would also do this for you.

Robert LeBlanc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: netfilter-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:netfilter-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rodrigo Montoro (Sp0oKeR)
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 6:08 AM
> To: Tim Perton
> Cc: netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: iptables: hide the real web server from users
> 
>    I don' t think iptables is your best option for that.
>    Try mod_security, mod_rewrite or apache proxy .
> 
> Regards,
> 
> On 2/14/07, Tim Perton <grpanosgr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Dear friends,
> > I have a web server running on system B. I run my main
> > services to System B but I do not want my users to
> > talk to system B directly.
> > So I have another server (System A) in a differrent
> > ISP & a completely different C class IP address like
> > below:
> >
> > -----------------------------
> > --- System A (IP=a.b.c.d) ---
> > -----------------------------
> >
> > -----------------------------
> > --- System B (IP=e.f.g.h) ---
> > -----------------------------
> >
> > System A runs iptables(redhat EL4).
> >
> > I want my users to do a request like
> > http://a.b.c.d/1.php and then machine A to make the
> > same request to System B, get the results and send
> > them back to the user transparently.
> > Practically System A to act as an intermediatery to
> > the real machine (System B).
> >
> > Any idea on how to do this?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tim Perton
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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