08-Apr-02 at 08:01, Barty, Joe (jbarty@daas.dla.mil) wrote :
> I have a server running HTTPS only on port 443, can I configure my Squid server
> to reverse proxy?
HTTPS cannot be proxied. It is a direct client/server connection due to
the key exchange mechanism inherent in SSL and secure communications.
Proxying would require caching the keys, which is inherently insecure, and
is not allowed by the https protocol, I assume.
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