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Device or program that stands between two or more interconnected programs/devices

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Configure Squid as an HTTPS forward proxy?

Here's some background about my problem: I have a web service running on Heroku, with a dynamic IP address. Static IPs on Heroku are not an option. I need to connect to an external web service which is behind a firewall. The people who operate the…
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When/why to use a web proxy/gateway?

Right now we have about a 25-30 PC network, connected to the internet with a run-of-the-mill SonicWall Firewall/Router device. There isn't much filtering / blocking other than outgoing SMTP (for viruses etc.). I recall reading that at some point a…
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nginx as proxy using a specific source ip

I'm using nginx to serve static file and proxy other requests to some Tomcat instance. The problem is that I don't know how to choose which IP address will nginx use to connect to Tomcat. Each Tomcat instance only accept HTTP connections from…
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Setting up a proxy server that uses a vpn connection

My thoughts are like this: I have this external vpn service that I am connecting to. But Is it possible for me to set up a local proxy server that uses that vpn connection, so applications that connects throu that proxy uses the vpn? This is applies…
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SSH Tunnel for Remote Desktop via Intermediary Server Part II

I asked previously how to configure 2 SSH tunnels using an intermediary server in order to run Remote Desktop through them and I managed to make it work. Now, I'm trying to do the same, using the same machines, but in reverse order. Here's the…
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mod_rpaf problems with Nginx front, Apache back-end after Ubuntu upgrade

I'm running an Nginx front-end for static files, and proxying to an Apache backend for PHP and Passenger, using Apache's mod_rpaf to set the correct remote IP address on the backend. Everything worked fine until I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise).…
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Linux, simple http proxy

I have a linux server running in a data center that has some extra bandwidth and resources. I'd like to set up a proxy service so that I can route all my http/https traffic from home through it. I know how to configure my browser to talk to the…
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Caching proxy for yum and debian repositories

Does a caching proxy for yum exist, similar to approx for Debian repositories? Is there a way to have reprepro behave the same as approx? I have heard that approx was not as stable; besides, I would prefer the use of reprepro so that I could use my…
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ubuntu set system proxy from command line

Using server version of 10.4 beta 2 Need to to set the proxy that the system needs to use Thanks
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SSH with a Bastion Host - stdio forwarding failed

I'm setting up a Bastion Host on AWS (some details here: https://www.nadeau.tv/ssh-with-a-bastion-host/), to allow me secure access to my other EC2 instances I have on AWS. I'm running into a few issues when trying to proxy through the bastion…
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SSH socks proxy tunnel without interactive session?

I use ssh -D 1080 myhost.org ...to open up an SSH tunnel from my work machine to my home machine, so as to bypass the idiotic content filter on the corporate firewall. However this also creates an interactive SSH session that lives the whole time…
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Configure HAProxy to include host headers for different backends

I am exploring the use of HAProxy as a balancer in front of a set of web apis that run on IIS. node1.myapp.mycompany.com node2.myapp.mycomapny.com We are currently using Host Headers to correctly resolve the right web application on IIS. For…
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Tinyproxy Refused CONNECT method

I'm trying to configure tinyproxy and it throws the following error in the log file when I'm checking it via Proxifier checker: CONNECT Oct 22 11:39:59 [13230]: Connect (file descriptor 6): 81-*-*-*.utk.ru [81.*.*.*] CONNECT Oct 22 11:39:59…
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Retrieve internet proxy server address via PowerShell

I have to retrieve the proxy server address and port via PowerShell, so I can use the Invoke-Webrequest -uri http://some-site.com -Proxy command. The expected output should looks like http://proxy-server.com:port. I there a PowerShell function to…
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Nginx dynamic proxy_pass doesn't resolve properly

I'm having problems configuring nginx, I've searched the web for solutions and I have some bits and pieces but I'm still not able to come up with proper configuration. I have registered a domain, let's say - www.example.com. I've configured…
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