OpenEuphoria

Re: proxy

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Jul 07, 2003
• 536 views

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <gertie at visionsix.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: proxy


>
>
> Jeeze, it's happened again. I mention the http proxy to an EX-Eu
> programmer, and he stops talking to me. Is someone paying you people to
> NOT help me with this?? What can i offer to convince you i want this
thing?
> Or are you convinced i want it, and are just sitting back laughing with
your
> good fortune to be in a position to deny me something?
>

I was at Borders bookstore today and found a book on Web Proxies. It was a
technical book on how they work and had lots of example code. There was a
chapter on Reverse Proxy. What strikes me is that there is a lot to consider
and its not generally the stuff taught at schools. I'm not surprised that
few people are interested in working to write a reverse proxy. It looks
difficult because there are so many "little" things to think about to make
it secure and bullet-proof.

On the other hand, if someone is looking for a rewarding challange...

-- 
Derek