> -----Original Message----- > From: David Leangen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > What seems strange to me is that the proxy host requires a > certificate just > to tunnel a session to an https backend system... This seems > like quite a > lot of overhead for nothing...
What you're doing is receiving the HTTPS request, decrypting it, reading the request URI and then proxying the request (ie, making a new HTTPS request) to the backend. To do this, your apache needs to be able to establish an HTTPS session with the client and so needs a cert. > > And contrary to what the docs tend to have one believe, > AllowCONNECT is not > necessary. You use this in an HTTP VH which contains a proxy. I'm not entirely sure how it works (I've never actually used it), but it looks like mod_proxy is always listening on port 443 (even if you have no SSL VH?). If a client tries to establish an SSL session, the server tells him that it can proxy and so the browse re-tries using the CONNECT method (CONNECT simply forwards packets unopened between the client and the backend). You might like to try this and let us know... (I'd be interested :-) Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. >In fact, I can even disable mod_connect and this > has absolutely > no effect. > > > For others who google this thread in the future, here's what > seems to be the > "minimal reicipie" for getting this working: > > ****** > LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so > Listen 443 > > <VirtualHost _default_:443> > SSLEngine on > SSLCertificateFile /path/to/cert > SSLCertificateKeyFile /path/to/key > > SSLProxyEngine on > ProxyPass /bla/ https://backendhost/bla/ > ProxyPassReverse /bla/ https://backendhost/bla/ > </VirtualHost> > ****** > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Diese E-mail ist eine private und persönliche Kommunikation. Sie hat keinen Bezug zur Börsen- bzw. Geschäftstätigkeit der SWX Gruppe. This e-mail is of a private and personal nature. It is not related to the exchange or business activities of the SWX Group. Le présent e-mail est un message privé et personnel, sans rapport avec l'activité boursière du Groupe SWX. This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender urgently and then immediately delete the message and any copies of it from your system. Please also immediately destroy any hardcopies of the message. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. The sender's company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them to be the views of the sender's company. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
