Re: Some simple questions..

On Feb 3, 2004, at 6:39 PM, James Atkinson wrote:
> The information on the backhand website is a tad short on details, so
> I've got a question before I start my implementation.
>
> Basically what I want to know is, does mod_backhand work as an HTTP
> proxy? Can I set something up like this:
>
> I have a website called www.test.com.
> www.test.com has the IP of 62.255.28.38
>
> When someone hits www.test.com it comes through a Cisco PIX and
> redirects to a DMZ address of 172.16.22.1, this is the primary server
> for www.test.com
>
> Can I setup a machine, www2.test.com on 172.16.22.2 but never give it 
> an
> external IP address?. Thus www.test.com will proxy requests as needed 
> to
> www2.test.com without the end user ever seeing anything?
>
> From there, over time, load 3 more backhand-ed servers into the DMZ
> without ever having to expose more machines to the internet..
>
> This is the impression I got from the website but I'm not 100% sure. Am
> I way off? Does every machine need to have it's own internet routeable
> IP?

You are correct.  You don't need all of them to be publicly accessible. 
  One machine can be the "front-end" for an entire cluster.

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