A proxy is a device or program that stands between two or more interconnected programs or devices. Reasons for a proxy include one or more connected parties only wanting the other to access specific data. A proxy provides a method for this.

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Set up a proxy server [closed]

I have developed a standalone java application that works as a proxy. I would like to set it up on a central server, so that clients can just set the ip of the server and the port of the application ...
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Is this Google proxy a fake crawler: google-proxy-66-249-81-131.google.com?

Recently I discover that some variants of a google proxy visits my sites. I doubt these are legal google crawlers because these crawlers are NOT always behind a proxy (like the hostname describes) and ...
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Register a .ca domain from the US — proxy service

we ara a US-based business and interested in registering a .ca domain. I understand the Canadian Presence Requirements for Registrants - CIRA (www.cira.ca/assets/Documents/Legal/Registrants/CPR.pdf). ...
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How to view website from different locations [duplicate]

I'm trying to view my website from different locations around the world. I tried browser shot but it's not really accurate and does not allow me to select which country I want. I specifically want ...
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How to encrypt link between NGINX and proxy server [closed]

I have a server running on a DMZ with NGINX acting as a reverse proxy. The app itself is inside the secure network (on another server). At present, NGINX is merely forwarding all SSL requests to the ...
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CGI program can't access external sites through a proxy

We have a local "server" machine (Web, Samba, LTSP, DHCP.. etc) 192.168.0.11 running Mandriva / Apache2 which connects to internet using another machine as a proxy (Vista 192.168.0.2:6588). Browsers, ...
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Reverse proxy with no httpd access

I'll outline my requirement, proposed solution and if anyone has a better idea please feel free to suggest. Requirements / Desires - I want multiple clients to be connectible to an address ...
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Apache2 redirect all sub-directories to index.html of main directory?

I want to put an .htaccess file in a directory of my website. For this purpose in: www.mysite.com/dir/ Then I want anything after /dir/ to direct to /dir/index.html but still display the original ...
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Apache Reverse Proxy

I would like to host 2 Joomla! websites on separate machines using XAMPP with Apache. I need to make sure it is configured the correct way but I am not sure if I understand how it is to be written in ...
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Cache website via CDN for visitors, not for users

I'm not sure what this is called. For example, if you're logged out of Reddit, you see a cached, static version of the site from the CDN. When you're logged in, you don't hit the CDN and instead ...
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multiple godaddy domains to home router then reverse proxy to multiple internal servers [closed]

I need someone to steer me correctly... advising on all required components. I have multiple domains with godaddy, say site1.com , site2.com, site3.net I have multiple home LAMP servers... one on ...
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In China. Want to set up my own private proxy. Already have website/webhosting. Help please! n00b with respect to coding/programming, go easy on me [closed]

I am in China and have used freegate in the past --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freegate Recently I've been having too many problems with that and some other web-based proxies I usually use. I ...
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Proxy using a java applet?

I was wondering if it was possible to have a proxy (similar to web proxies [Where you input the site and the site keeps your cookies and a log for legal reasons.] not ip proxies) from a Java applet? ...
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Apache2 Unwantingly Allowing Proxy Requests

I'm not sure if this is the right location, but this is fairly urgent. I have completely removed all traces of mod_proxy and the other mod_proxy mods, although the Apache server continues to allow ...
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URL rewriting via forward proxy

I have an app that runs inside my firewall and talks out to multiple end points via HTTP/HTTPS on a non-standard port e.g. http://endpoint1.domain.com:7171, http://endpoint2.domain.com:7171 What I ...
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Cloud proxying service

I have an app that mashes up images from Bing image search, it's hosted on Heroku written in rails. The app is client side in javascript, so the mashup is done on an html5 canvas - this means though ...
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VPS/Proxy Setup

I want to set up a Virtual Private Server that I will also be able to use as a proxy server for purposes of emailing Newsletters to subscribers. The subscriber list is old and I want to send out an ...
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Do Apache virtual hosts perform better when listening to different ports?

I plan to use mod_proxy to route requests to Apache virtual hosts based on the URL. example.com/foo/x is routed to foo.example.com/x, example.com/bar/x is routed to bar.example.com/x, etc. Are there ...
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Using modproxy to get around China's Great Firewall

I'm using WIX service and I like it very much. However, one big problem is that some of my colleagues are in China but their IP is blocked. I'm wondering if modproxy can help me. I would like to ...
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Managing multiple reverse proxies for one virtual host in apache2

I have many reverse proxies defined for my js-host VirtualHost, like so: /etc/apache2/sites-available/js-host <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName js-host.example.com [...] ProxyPreserveHost On ...
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Add js and css to html using squid eCAP module [closed]

Can i add js and css to html using Squi eCAP module? I read about the adaption methods. But i am unable to find the example to do it. Is there any example for this where i can read and learn.
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How to proxy with apache site from same domain but another port as a subfolder?

So I have a problem - I have my main site on apache web server on debian on port 80; I develop a web server (in some C++ or C#) and it currently runs on port 6666. But some people are living under ...
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Creating an encrypted, web-based proxy

I have moved to Asia where my internet connection is censored and I'd like to check my messages from social sites which happen to be blocked. As virtually all proxy servers are blocked in this ...
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nginx proxy rewrite not matching

I'm setting Nginx to forward requests to several backend services using proxy_pass A few of them I have to add rewrite rules to strip the folder off, however for this particular service, the rewrite ...
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Should 304 Not Modified responses include the “Last Modified” header?

I've been using the most excellent http://redbot.org tool for testing have HTTP headers on my site correct (its custom code in PHP serving dynamic content - wanting to ensure it cached where possible ...
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Web form losing POST values in a proxy environment

I have an ASP.NET form (a login page), when I POST the values to the server (windows, IIS 6), the request passes through a proxy and the POST pareameters end up getting lost and ultimately the page ...
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An ssl server as a reverse proxy to a regular server

If I have a server, secured with ssl, which is setup as a reverse proxy to another server, will the traffic still be encrypted?
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How do I get a production website to load assets from local web server?

I usually set up a local environment with the website running on my machine when I'm going to develop new functionality with JavaScript. The same goes for updating stylesheets. When there's no easy ...
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Reverse proxying only a specific URL

I have a web server at www.ourcompany.com running Apache2. Using the proxy modules, I am able to (for example) get 172.16.0.5, an internal IP device, to be accessed on www.ourcompany.com/device. The ...
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is it true that CloudFlare really doesn't affect dynamic content?

I've been reading the CloudFlare FAQ, I understand that is acts as a reverse proxy and all requests to your domain will go through CloudFlare. They say in the FAQ that it won't slow down dynamic ...
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How does proxying and caching affect analytics?

What is the effect of proxying and caching at the web server on analytics reports and figures? I have an online resource that has recently been bogged down by traffic and I want to reduce dynamic ...
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Website or service to view a page without Javascript

Is there any website or service that allows you to submit a URL and displays the corresponding page with Javascript stripped out/disabled?
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Windows equivalent of localtunnel

Does anyone know of a Windows equivalent of localtunnel?
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Show a single DIV from remote site to new site. Only http access to remote host

we have cisco CWS working which has a web administration site. On that site it has DIV with 'overall summary'. We would like to show that DIV on a centralized monitoring system web that we are doing ...
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Are there any hosting solutions for a reverse proxy?

I'm looking for a reverse proxy to get around the Great Firewall of China. Is there a service where I can point my DNS to their servers, and choose a site to proxy from? If not, what is the cheapest ...
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Ways To Block Your Freedom and Similar Proxies?

Can anyone think of ways to prevent users from registering to a .php page under certain proxies? What would a group of proxies have in similar that might not effect regular users? For example, if you ...
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Force hostname for request

I have a web server running Apache HTTPD 2.2 serving as a reverse proxy for my IIS 7.5 server. This worked fine, until I wanted to use OpenID (using DotNetOpenAuth). Since DotNetOpenAuth throws an ...
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Single site web proxy

I want to create a dynamic mirror or a single site web proxy for my blog on a different domain. I have access to a php based web hosting, I own the content on the original site and due to low traffic ...
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Apache httpd Problem

I am getting intermittent issues with my site. Pages often hang with huge loading times and sometimes fail to load. The httpd error logs contain the following: [Wed Feb 23 06:54:17 2011] [debug] ...
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Which private PHP proxy?

I'm looking for a private PHP proxy to put it on my hosting. I see there is lots of them so I'm wondering if I could get a recommendation on which ones are the best? Or something like "this one is ...