[plug] Apache as a proxy (was: cascading proxies)

[Leon Brooks]

Denis Brown wrote:
> Another thought which has been triggered by all the above is this: can I
> implement a CGI/Perl/PhP/whatever script to run on an Apache server to
> effectively do IPMasq'ing?  In other words, client on remote (unfriendly)
> subnet points browser to the Apache box.  Apache box (my Linux box) serves
> him a page requesting the url of interest on the local (friendly)
> subnet.  Apache box sends the request to the server for the required
> resource, apparently from a "friendly" user -- in other words, a form of
> masquerading.  Replies to the Apache box then get sent back to the original
> requestor.  Possible, or have I been drinking too much coffee / having too
> many late nights??

Search for SSL on http://www.zope.org/ and grab the proxying module that they
have on the HOWTO page for ZServer. It does exactly what you want, I think.

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