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[users@httpd] Help to identify the files in the source code
We are a group of students undertaking a project to extend addressing
of more machines using IPv4 itself. Here we propose to alter the
http://public-ip-address/path-to-object
The path-to-object is altered incorporating the address of local
machines. i.e., http://public-ip-address/192.168.1.102/path-to-object
We propose to let the httpd server execute a wget command when it
finds an additional IP address in the path-to-object. ie. it executes
wget 192.168.1.102/path-to-object and returns the object.
Can anyone advise us as to which are the files where we should be working on
?
Re: [users@httpd] Help to identify the files in the source code
Posted by Yehuda Katz <ye...@ymkatz.net>.
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 10:19 AM, siraj p s <si...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you Eric ...We were able to successfully implement our idea..Can this
> idea be utilised for preventing ipv4 address exhaustion?
>
*No.*
*I hate to be so blunt about it, but a standard httpd installation* will run
an (virtually) unlimited number of sites from a single server (including SSL
using SNI).
As Eric mentioned, (unless there is something REALLY innovative, which I
don't see in your original email) Apache already has what you are trying to
do (frontend proxy to arbitrary backend servers) built in (mod_rewrite and
the proxy flag).
The reasons that a server might need more than one IP address:
- SSL compatibility with older browsers that don't support SNI.
- Other services that do not support virtual hosts (but that does not belong
on the httpd users list).
Re: [users@httpd] Help to identify the files in the source code
Posted by siraj p s <si...@gmail.com>.
Thank you Eric ...We were able to successfully implement our idea..Can this
idea be utilised for preventing ipv4 address exhaustion?
Re: [users@httpd] Help to identify the files in the source code
Posted by Eric Covener <co...@gmail.com>.
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 9:54 AM, siraj p s <si...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the response..Our need is not a proxy server.We are trying to
> create a proxy that would serve objects from other machines on the local net
> which belongs to class C family..
Why would you want to "create a proxy" by running wget when there's a
fully-featured HTTP proxy already there?
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Re: [users@httpd] Help to identify the files in the source code
Posted by siraj p s <si...@gmail.com>.
Thanks for the response..Our need is not a proxy server.We are trying to
create a proxy that would serve objects from other machines on the local net
which belongs to class C family..
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Eric Covener <co...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 2:17 AM, siraj p s <si...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > We are a group of students undertaking a project to extend addressing
> > of more machines using IPv4 itself. Here we propose to alter the
> > http://public-ip-address/path-to-object
> >
> > The path-to-object is altered incorporating the address of local
> > machines. i.e., http://public-ip-address/192.168.1.102/path-to-object
> >
> > We propose to let the httpd server execute a wget command when it
> > finds an additional IP address in the path-to-object. ie. it executes
> > wget 192.168.1.102/path-to-object and returns the object.
> >
> > Can anyone advise us as to which are the files where we should be working
> on
> > ?
>
> Apache can just be configured to proxy to that address, you wouldn't
> change source code. See mod_rewrite and the [P] flag.
>
> --
> Eric Covener
> covener@gmail.com
>
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Re: [users@httpd] Help to identify the files in the source code
Posted by siraj p s <si...@gmail.com>.
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On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Eric Covener <co...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 2:17 AM, siraj p s <si...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > We are a group of students undertaking a project to extend addressing
> > of more machines using IPv4 itself. Here we propose to alter the
> > http://public-ip-address/path-to-object
> >
> > The path-to-object is altered incorporating the address of local
> > machines. i.e., http://public-ip-address/192.168.1.102/path-to-object
> >
> > We propose to let the httpd server execute a wget command when it
> > finds an additional IP address in the path-to-object. ie. it executes
> > wget 192.168.1.102/path-to-object and returns the object.
> >
> > Can anyone advise us as to which are the files where we should be working
> on
> > ?
>
> Apache can just be configured to proxy to that address, you wouldn't
> change source code. See mod_rewrite and the [P] flag.
>
> --
> Eric Covener
> covener@gmail.com
>
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Re: [users@httpd] Help to identify the files in the source code
Posted by Eric Covener <co...@gmail.com>.
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 2:17 AM, siraj p s <si...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We are a group of students undertaking a project to extend addressing
> of more machines using IPv4 itself. Here we propose to alter the
> http://public-ip-address/path-to-object
>
> The path-to-object is altered incorporating the address of local
> machines. i.e., http://public-ip-address/192.168.1.102/path-to-object
>
> We propose to let the httpd server execute a wget command when it
> finds an additional IP address in the path-to-object. ie. it executes
> wget 192.168.1.102/path-to-object and returns the object.
>
> Can anyone advise us as to which are the files where we should be working on
> ?
Apache can just be configured to proxy to that address, you wouldn't
change source code. See mod_rewrite and the [P] flag.
--
Eric Covener
covener@gmail.com
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