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Posted to dev@httpd.apache.org by Aram Mirzadeh <aw...@qosina.com> on 1996/06/23 03:13:30 UTC
WWW Form Bug Report: "remote proxy server with multiple IP addresses not handled properly" on Linux (fwd)
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Ack.
brw@tusc.com.au said:
> From nobody@hyperreal.com Sat Jun 22 10:08:14 1996
> Message-Id: <19...@taz.hyperreal.com>
> From: brw@tusc.com.au
> To: awm@qosina.com
> Date: Sat Jun 22 7:08:25 1996
> Subject: WWW Form Bug Report: "remote proxy server with multiple IP addresses not handled properly" on Linux
>
> Submitter: brw@tusc.com.au
> Operating system: Linux, version: 2.0.0
> Version of Apache Used: 1.1b4
> Extra Modules used: php-2.0b2
> URL exhibiting problem:
>
> Symptoms:
> --
> I tracked it down to host2addr in mod_proxy.c line
> 2209-2211. gethostbyname() can return multiple addresses,
> Unfortunatly one of the addressed returned for the
> remote proxy (a distant firewall) is not accessible
> from my site. The code here always uses only the first
> address found.
>
> Workaround is to set the option like so
>
> ProxyRemote * http://203.2.176.8
>
> I could have a go at fixing this and send patches, but
> it is more than a one line change since it requires
> logic to retry for each address if "Network is Unreachable"
> is returned for a connect attempt.
>
> Anyway, I'm right for now with the workaround.
>
> Thanks for a great server, combined with the php module
> and Postgres95, this is *GREAT*.
>
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> Backtrace:
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>
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