Re: iptables: hide the real web server from users

["Rodrigo Montoro (Sp0oKeR)" <spooker@gmail.com>]

  I don' t think iptables is your best option for that.
  Try mod_security, mod_rewrite or apache proxy .

Regards,

On 2/14/07, Tim Perton <grpanosgr@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear friends,
> I have a web server running on system B. I run my main
> services to System B but I do not want my users to
> talk to system B directly.
> So I have another server (System A) in a differrent
> ISP & a completely different C class IP address like
> below:
>
> -----------------------------
> --- System A (IP=a.b.c.d) ---
> -----------------------------
>
> -----------------------------
> --- System B (IP=e.f.g.h) ---
> -----------------------------
>
> System A runs iptables(redhat EL4).
>
> I want my users to do a request like
> http://a.b.c.d/1.php and then machine A to make the
> same request to System B, get the results and send
> them back to the user transparently.
> Practically System A to act as an intermediatery to
> the real machine (System B).
>
> Any idea on how to do this?
>
> Regards,
> Tim Perton
>
>
>
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