Return-Path: Delivered-To: new-httpd-archive@hyperreal.org Received: (qmail 15597 invoked by uid 6000); 27 Feb 1998 20:16:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 15588 invoked from network); 27 Feb 1998 20:16:22 -0000 Received: from twinlark.arctic.org (204.62.130.91) by taz.hyperreal.org with SMTP; 27 Feb 1998 20:16:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 1862 invoked by uid 500); 27 Feb 1998 20:16:24 -0000 Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 12:16:24 -0800 (PST) From: Dean Gaudet To: new-httpd@apache.org Subject: Re: Reverse proxy-server a buzzword which should show up in Apache Doc's In-Reply-To: <01IU2IL9XHYQ8XUXKM@NOTELT.MED.IACNET.COM> Message-ID: X-Comment: Visit http://www.arctic.org/~dgaudet/legal for information regarding copyright and disclaimer. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: new-httpd-owner@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org +1 on adding buzzwords to our documentation ;) Dean On Fri, 27 Feb 1998 George_Carrette@iacnet.com 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/ > >