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Apache Newbie question: Securing proxied ports

Ryan Kuykendall

2004-08-30, 5:51 pm

Howdy,

I'm using Apache 1.3.29 and I am using it to host named virtual hosts
on port 80 as well as proxy content under a separate server name from
port 2500...I've set up authentication to the proxy gateway URL:

http://subdomain.domain.com/

But I can't seem to figure out a way of using Apache to restrict
access if a user simply uses URLs to port 2500 like this:

http://domain.com:2500/
http://www.domain.com:2500/

The server running on port 2500 is not Apache (it is Webrick)...Is it
even possible to use Apache to restrict access to port 2500, or should
I be securing the port in some other way.

Thanks,

Ryan