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Subject: Re: Reverse proxy-server a buzzword which should show up in Apache
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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 16:03:03 +0100 (MET)
From: rse@engelschall.com (Ralf S. Engelschall)
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In article <01IU2IL9XHYQ8XUXKM@NOTELT.MED.IACNET.COM> you wrote:

> There is a buzzword used in marketting material which I feel should show up
> in the Apache Doc's, at least in the description of the ProxyPass directive of 
> mod_proxy,
> so that people using web search engines to find software solutions will be able 
> to find it.

> The buzzword is Reverse Proxy Server, which means that instead of a proxy to 
> allow
> browsers inside a firewall to get to web servers on the internet you want to 
> allow browsers
> on the internet to get to certain web servers inside your firewall.

> This is mentioned in http://www.ositis.com/
> and http://www.netscape.com/comprod/server_central/product/proxy/
> and http://www.microsoft.com/proxy/

This buzzword now is part of the mod_proxy docs, because of the recently added
ProxyPassReverse directive.
                                       Ralf S. Engelschall
                                       rse@engelschall.com
                                       www.engelschall.com