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Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 14:30:13 +0100
From: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk>
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Any ideas, anyone?

P�ter Verh�s DTN: 798-5435 wrote:
>From: "P�ter Verh�s DTN: 798-5435" <VERHAS@A1.BPSOF.BPS.mts.dec.com>
> 
> Why RemoteProxy does not support setting that would allow an organization to set
> up hierarchical proxies?
> 
> Example:
> 
> Client is: mypc.myschool.schoolnet.hu
> Proxy is: proxy.myschool.schoolnet.hu
> 
> CASE1: Client accesses www.myschool.schoolnet.hu directly.
> 
> CASE2: Client asks proxy to access www.otherschool.schoolnet.hu,
>        proxy accesses the node directly.
> 
> CASE3: Client asks proxy to access www.playboy.com,
>        proxy asks remote proxy proxy1.schoolnet.hu to access the site.
> 
> With current version of Apache you can not configure proxy.myschool.shoolnet.hu
> to do that. And there is nothing like remote proxy failover to access
> proxy2.schoolnet.hu if proxy1.schoolnet.hu does not answer within a certain
> time.
> 
> Your opinion?
> 
> Regards,
> Peter

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