Re: [Hampshire] Squid/Apache as a reverse HTTPS proxy

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Author: Vic
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Squid/Apache as a reverse HTTPS proxy
> I'm aware that both Squid and Apache can be used as reverse HTTP proxys
> (not done it myself though), but can either act as an HTTPS interface to
> a plain old HTTP server?


Yes.

The ProxyPass and ProxyPassReverse directives specifically take URIs[1] as
targets. This means you can set up your HTTPS section in your config file,
and use an HTTP:// URI...

Vic.


[1] As well as paths - but that's not interesting in this context.