[Sussex] Reverse proxy servers and HTTPS

[John Crowhurst]

> The good news:
>
> I've just persuaded a client to move away from Microsoft Proxy Servers
> to  Apache for their reverse proxy requirements.
>
> The not-quite-so-good news:
>
> They still want to run it on Win2k, which is fair enough, since they
> have lots  of Microsoft-experienced people around, are not going to get
> rid of supporting  Windows, and the cost (INCLUDING SUPPORT) of 31 MS
> servers is LESS than the  cost of 30 MS Servers plus 1 Linux server :-)
>
> The oh-dear-what-have-I-got-myself-into news:
>
> About 30 minutes AFTER I had set up Apache and demonstrated their
> requirement,  a different team popped up and said "we need a reverse
> proxy as well - can this  do it"? I said "Yes". They said, "How do we
> deal with HTTPS and Certificates"?

Apache with mod_ssl will do the SSL:

http://www.modssl.org/

You can buy the Certificates from:

http://www.modssl.org/related/cert.html

--
John