Device or program that stands between two or more interconnected programs/devices
Questions tagged [proxy]
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How to create UDP proxy using iptables
I have a server running UDP server on port 50000. This server receives updates from clients, and pings back the clients every 5 seconds to the socket they were connected from.
Now I want to redirect all the traffic to and from this UDP server via…

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ISP grade Proxy
We are a ISP in Africa (bandwidth is expensive, more than 800 USD per Mbit). Instead of investing in more bandwidth I believe it can be worthy to invest on web proxy appliance.
I prefer to use mature appliances instead of opensource tools. BlueCoat…

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Configure Apache to use external proxy for HTTPS connection
I'm trying to make my Apache use external proxy for HTTPS requests:
Listen 80
Listen 443
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LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
LoadModule proxy_connect_module modules/mod_proxy_connect.so
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SSLProxyEngine On
SSLProxyVerify…

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What's the easiest way to create an HTTP proxy which adds basic authentication to requests?
I am trying to use a service provided by a server which requires basic HTTP authentication, however the application I am using does not support authentication. What I'd like to do is create a proxy that will enable my auth-less application to…

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tinyproxy authentication
I am confused as to how to set up username/password restrictions on tinyproxy (so that not all the world can access it - ip alow/block has limited use in my setup). Any pointers?
Thank you!

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Configure PHP to use a proxy?
Using PHP 5.2.6 and need to configure it to use our forward proxy (which requires authentication be set) so that the PHP scripts can connect to the internet correctly.
I see that PHP.INI in the 4 version had a pfpro.proxyaddress option but that is…

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How can I proxy multiple LDAP servers, and still have grouping of users on the proxy?
I have 2 problems that I'm hoping to find a common solution to.
First, I need to find a way to have multiple LDAP servers (Windows AD's across multiple domains) feed into a single source for authentication. This is also needed to get applications…
Chris
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Increasing timeout for mod_proxy_ajp connections
I've got my apache (2.2.3) talking to tomcat 6.something through mod_proxy_ajp.
I have some ridiculously long lived requests (2-6 minutes) and I think we're hitting some default timeout somewhere... where is the correct place to bump that up?
here…

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nginx proxy_pass to https
So I would like to proxy_pass requests to an https backend server, however, every time I try to reload nginx server with https:// configured backend I get the following error:
nginx: [emerg] https protocol requires SSL support
This is the nginx…

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Explanation of NonProxied vs Proxied Traffic
What is the difference between a nonproxied and proxied load balancer? I am reading the documentation for the Google Cloud Platform which offers a variety of different LBs. For example, it has SSL Proxy Load Balancers and Network Load Balancers. But…
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python get-pip.py not working behind proxy
i'm having an issue when trying to run devstack which is trying to get pip using the following command i added the verbose parameter
sudo -H -E python /opt/stack/devstack/files/get-pip.py -c /opt/stack/devstack/tools/cap-pip.txt --verbose
i get…

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Apache HTTPd 2.2 is ignoring LocationMatch regex
I am trying to create a Reverse Proxy that match every URL except one in Apache 2.2.
It works on Apache 2.4 (Centos 7), but not in Apache 2.2 (Centos 6.6) ...
# Do not modify this
ProxyPass…

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Duplicate max-age header
I'm using Apache 2.4.25 to expose a number of back-end services using proxy pass. Apache also sets the cache control headers based on mime type. The current cache configuration looks like this:
ExpiresActive on
ExpiresDefault "now"
ExpiresByType…

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Are caching proxy servers still be helpful for saving bandwith, now that major services have migrated to https?
I live in Turkey and am part of a group planning to build a WiFi-based ISP to service my home town, as we believe it will be easier to connect all the sub-villages that are not close to our town center wirelessly. During our research about the…

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OpenLDAP proxy cache not retrieving entries
I need to set up a local LDAP proxy cache which connects to our central Active Directory server. OpenLDAP Proxy Cache looks just like the thing. But following the manpages as closely as possible, I am not able to get it working.
I am able to proxy…

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