[users@httpd] Re: {SPAM 03.0} [users@httpd] how is my apache being an open relay?

[Joshua Slive <jo...@slive.ca>]

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 spamsucks@rhoderunner.com wrote:

> I was checking my access_log.  It appears that I am an open relay!  How
> can I prevent this?  How is it happenning?
>
> I am using ModProxy, but I have everything mapped to a destination.  I am
> using 1.3.23
>
> I need to have ModProxy running.  But all my proxy directives are internal
> only.  I don't have anything that could be causing this.
>
> Here are my Proxy directives.
> <IfModule mod_proxy.c>
>         ProxyRequests On
>         ProxyPass /roller http://localhost:9081/roller
>         ProxyPassReverse /roller http://www.rhoderunner.com/roller
>
>         ProxyPass /hrawiki http://localhost:9081/hrawiki
>         ProxyPassReverse /hrawiki http://www.rhoderunner.com/hrawiki
> </IfModule>

Please go read the docs for mod_proxy, which tell you that you do NOT want
"ProxyRequests On" when doing reverse proxying.

Joshua.

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