OT: Require authentication on Apache proxy server?
Thomas Charron
tcharron at ductape.net
Tue Nov 12 17:51:08 EST 2002
Quoting Charlie Farinella <cfarinella at appropriatesolutions.com>:
> We're trying to duplicate what a client is doing and we're not sure
> what
> that is. We'd be happy if we could require authentication for web
> access so we can run some tests.
Well, if you're trying to lock down access to the web, the network
architecture used will matter a great deal. Typically, a network such as this
would be behind some sort of a firewall, which would restrict 'normal' access
outgoing to anything. This is more of an 'on' or 'off' based solution, which
would allow you to control what people did. Typically, the firewall will only
allow outgoing access, in a tightly controlled situation such as this, to the
actual proxy server(s). Then, when people want to access the web, they do so
directly to the proxy servers, and the proxy servers can go out and fetch it.
Taking this one step further, some companys will ALSO install a SOCKS proxy
server. This is simular to a 'web' proxy server, but it works with normal
sockets, so long as the end use application is socks aware. Many, such as
AOLIM, etc, are.
I'd be more then happy to continue this conversation and help you out further
off list if you'd like, as I gather we may end up straying off the path
of 'Linux talk'.. ;-)
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Thomas Charron
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