Re: SSL <-> mod_gzip <-> mod_perl = mod_proxy error

[Thomas Eibner <th...@stderr.net>]

On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 09:46:38PM -0500, Nigel Hamilton wrote:
> Hi,
> 	
> 	I'm trying to hand all SSL requests to a backend mod_perl server 
> with mod_gzip installed for compression.
> 
> 	This means that SSL content is pre-compressed by the backend 
> server before being encrypted by the frontend (Mini How To - below).
> 
> 	Apparently mod_gzip and SSL on the same server will not work - 
> this is why I need to pass the request to a proxy to handle the compression.
> 	
> 	So ... a request on https://turbo10.com:446/index.html (server A)  
> passes to http://turbo10.com:44300/index.html (server B).
> 
> 	The file is compressed by server B and passed back to server A for 
> encryption and tranmission to the client.
> 
> 	This works fine for static files.
> 
> 	.... BUT ....
> 
> 	Mod_perl scripts seem to fail: 
> 
> 	https://turbo10.com:446/cgi-bin/splashpage1.cgi
> 
> 	The log reports:
> 		
> [Mon Oct 14 21:33:25 2002] [error] 
> proxy:http://turbo10.com:44300/cgi-bin/splashpage1.cgi not found or unable 
> to stat 

Something tells me that the proxy isn't handling this, have you double
checked that the proxy server is actually sending the request to the
mod_gzip enabled server?

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