Device or program that stands between two or more interconnected programs/devices
Questions tagged [proxy]
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Redirect a subpath to a external host with Nginx
I need to create a quite simple map in Nginx redirecting a subpath to another server that is located in the same subnet.
Nginx server: 192.168.0.2
Tomcat server: 192.168.0.3:8443
I tried to put this in the server section
location /tomcatapi/…

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Easy TCP proxy on Windows?
What I want is to configure a computer in home with Windows and use it as a TCP proxy for connect and route packets from the 80 to port 23 in another server in the Internet

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Difference beetween DNAT and REDIRECT in IPTABLES
Okay, it may be because I am dense or maybe just not finding the right source, but I can't understand why one of these IPTABLES setups would be better than the other.
Here is my setup:
I have a box that is serving as a transparent proxy and a router…

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how to make squid work like proxy only, without caching anything
Possible Duplicate:
How to prevent squid from caching and just filter?
I want to make squid work purely as a proxy, so that it does not cache anything.
Is such a usage of squid possible? How do I do this?
I am using v3.1 of Squid on Cent OS 6.2-…

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How to use Nginx as a HTTP/HTTPS proxy server?
Is it possible to use Nginx as a HTTP/HTTPS proxy?

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nginx proxy retry while backend is restarting
Nginx returns 502 while the backend is restarting. How can I make nginx proxy retry N times with M seconds delay? Is there a plugin or something else?

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SSH over HTTPS with proxytunnel and nginx
I'm trying to setup an ssh over https connection using nginx. I haven't found any working examples, so any help would be appreciated!
~$ cat .ssh/config
Host example.net
Hostname example.net
ProtocolKeepAlives 30
DynamicForward 8118
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Is there any way to cache HTTPS requests in a proxy server?
We are using Squid proxy server in our environment and we want to cache HTTPS requests.
Is there any way to configure Squid or in general a proxy server to cache HTTPS requests?

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Remote Desktop over SSH SOCKS proxy to bypass firewall
I'm trying to connect to a Windows server from my Mac using RDC2.1 for Mac.
The problem is the server I need to connect to is guarded by the evil dragon - IP-based access control on a completely separate network.
I have an IP I can get in on, but…

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Best practice for proxying package repositories
I have a collection of CentOS servers in my corporate network. For security reasons, most servers do not have general outbound internet access unless it is a core functional requirement for the server.
This creates a challenge when I need to update…

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Nginx not caching data
I have a REST API behind an nginx proxy. Proxying works fine, however I am unable to cache any responses. Any help would be much appreciated:
Nginx config:
worker_processes 10;
error_log logs/error.log;
error_log logs/error.log notice;
error_log…

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How to divert traffic based on hostname using HAProxy?
I've had some initial success with HAProxy setting up a bunch of app servers listening on various other ports.
I now have another webserver listening on one port, and i'd like to what changes to make to my config to flow traffic by hostname as…

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Proxy with netcat forever
I am proxying a VNC TCP server port with netcat. The proxy machine runs linux.
This is the comand I use:
mkfifo backpipe
nc -l 5902 0backpipe
10.1.1.116 is the "remote" machine with the original VNC service running…

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How to prevent squid from caching and just filter?
I have set a proxy server on my network. I only want to filter the web traffic. So, I have Squid as a proxy and Qlproxy as the filter : http://www.quintolabs.com/qlicap_info.php
My server have only about 640MB of RAM... So, Squid cache frequently.…

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Will a reverse proxy in front of web server improve security?
Third-party security professional is recommending we run a reverse proxy in front of the web server (all hosted in the DMZ) as a best practice security measure.
I know this is a typical recommended architecture as it provides another level of…

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