[drupal-devel] [feature] http proxy support patch

Steve Stock drupal-devel at drupal.org
Wed Jan 26 04:01:19 UTC 2005


 Project:      Drupal
 Version:      cvs
 Component:    base system
 Category:     feature requests
 Priority:     minor
 Assigned to:  Anonymous
 Reported by:  liquidx
 Updated by:   Steve Stock
 Status:       patch

That's correct, HTTP/1.1 explicitly requires servers to accept an
absolute URI in the request-line (which of course proxies already
require).  See
http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec5.html#sec5.1.2 for
details.  Note: a host header is still required.

The drawback is all HTTP/1.1 applications must be able to accept the
chunked transfer coding, see
http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec4.html#sec4.4 (third
paragraph above section 4.5).  I don't know if Drupal supports this
(doesn't look like it).

While not as nice, for now it appears simpler to implement a proxy
along the lines of this patch.  My only suggestion would be to add a
proxy section to the settings page instead of hardcoding the proxy
host/port.

Steve Stock



Previous comments:
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August 2, 2004 - 22:39 : liquidx

Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/drupal-cvs-20040802-proxy.diff (1.96 KB)

My drupal site is behind a firewall which doesn't allow outgoing port 80
connections except if they go through an http proxy. normally that
doesn't really harm anything, except when i start using XML-RPC or try
to get RSS/Atom feed from other blogs.

So I've written a quick patch to add http_proxy support in conf.php.
I'm not sure whether that is the best place to put it, but if you think
people might want a UI to change that, I could do that. But I suspect
that proxy settings don't change much (its not like you migrate a
drupal web site to different isps everyday :), so conf.php seems like a
good choice.

Cheers,

Alastair Tse

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August 2, 2004 - 22:42 : liquidx

Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/drupal-cvs-20040802-proxy-v2.diff (1.96 KB)

slight typo in the comment, i never get things right the first time
round :(

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August 2, 2004 - 23:13 : Anonymous

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paper so the bill will not be seen through the envelope (to prevent 
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them. You should now have 6 sealed envelopes, each with a piece of 
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Frederik Hendrik straat 37 
3143 LB Maassluis 
the Netherlands 
4.) J. Kirk 
2360 Forbes Ave. 
Santa Clara, CA 95050 
5.) N. Hernandez 
PO Box 712 
Crystal Beach, Fl. 34681, usa 
6.)D.Herela
849 La Fayette apt.6-D
El Paso, TX. 79907, usa

STEP 2: Now take the #1 name off the list that you see above, move 
the other names up (6 becomes 5, 5 becomes 4, etc. ...) and add YOUR 
name as number 6 on the list. 
STEP 3: Change anything you need to, but try to keep this article as 
close to the original as possible. Now, post your amended article to 
at least 200 newsgroups. (I think there are close to 24,000 groups.) 
All you need is 200, but remember, the more you post, the more 
money you make! 
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Sec. 1302 & 1241 of the Postal lottery laws. 
Keep a copy of these steps 
for yourself and, whenever you need money, you can use it again, and 
again. 
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the honesty and integrity of the participants and by their 
carefully adhering to the directions. Look at it this way, if 
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that so many others have received will come your way, too. 
NOTE: You may want to retain every name and address sent to you, 
either on a computer or hard copy and keep the notes people send 
you. This VERIFIES that you are truly providing a service. (Also, 
it might be a good idea to wrap the $1 bill in dark paper to reduce 
the risk of mail theft.) 
So, as each post is downloaded and the directions carefully followed, 
six members will be reimbursed for their participation as a List 
Developer with one dollar each. Your name will move up the list 
geometrically so that when your name reached the #1 position you 
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for only $6.00 ($1.00 for each of the first six people listed above). 
Send it now, add your own name to the list and you're in business! 
---DIRECTIONS----FOR HOW TO POST TO NEWSGROUPS------------------ 
STEP 1: 
You do not need to re-type letter to your own posting. Simply 
put your cursor at the beginning of this letter and drag your 
cursor to the bottom of this document, and select 'copy' from 
the edit menu. This will copy the entire letter into the 
computer's memory. 
STEP 2: 
Open a blank 'notepad' file and place your cursor at the top of 
the blank page. From the 'edit' menu select 'PASTE'. This will 
paste a copy of the letter into notepad so that you can add your 
name to the bottom of the list and to change the numbers of the 
list. 
STEP 3: 
Save your new notepad file as a '.txt' file. If you want to do 
your postings in different settings, you'll always have this 
file to go back to. 
STEP 4: 
Use Netscape or Internet Explorer and try search for various 
newsgroups (on-line forums, message boards, chat sites, 
discussions). 
STEP 5: 
Visit these message boards and post this article as a new message 
by highlighting the text of this letter and selecting 'PASTE' 
from the edit menu. Fill in the Subject, this will be the header 
that everyone sees as they scroll through the list of postings 
in a particular group, click the post message button. You're done 
with your first one! Congratulations... That is it! All you 
have to do is jump to different newsgroups and post away, after you 
get the hang of it, it will take about 30 seconds for each 
newsgroup! ** REMEMBER, THE MORE NEWSGROUPS YOU POST IN, THE MORE 
MONEY YOU WILL MAKE!! BUT YOU HAVE TO POST A MINIMUM OF 200** 
That is it! You will begin receiving money form 
around the world within 
days! You may eventually want to rent a P.O. 
Box due to the large amount 
of mail you will receive. If you wish to 
stay anonymous, you can invent 
a name to use, as long as the postman will deliver it. 
**JUST MAKE SURE ALL THE ADDRESSES ARE CORRECT.** 
Now the WHY part: 
Out of 200 postings, say I receive only 5 replies (a very low 
example). So then I made $5.00 with my name at #6 on the letter. 
Now, each of the 5 persons who just sent me $1.00 make the MINIMUM 200

postings, each with my name at #5 and only 5 persons respond to 
each of the original 5, this is an additional $25.00 for me. 
Now those 25 each make 200 MININUM posts with my name at #4 and only 5

replies each. This brings in an additional $125.00. Now, those 125 
persons turn around and post the MINIMUM 200 with my name at #3 
and receive 5 replies each, I will make an additional $625.00. 
Ok, now here is the fun part, each of those 625 people post a MINIMUM 
200 letters with my name at #2 and they receive 5 replies each. That 
just made me $3,125.00!!! Those 3,125 persons will all deliver this 
message to 200 newsgroups with my name at #1 and if still 5 persons 
per 200 react, I will receive an additional $15,625.00!! With an 
investment of only $6.00! AMAZING! When your name is no longer 
on the list, you just take the latest posting in the newsgroups, 
and send out another $6.00 to names on the list, putting your name at 
number 6 again. And start posting again. The thing to remeber 
is: do you realize that thousands of people all over the world are 
joining the internet and reading these articles everyday? JUST 
LIKE YOU are now!! So, can you afford $6.00 and see if it really
works?? I 
think so... People have said, "what if the plan is played out and no 
one sends you the money? So what! What are the chances of that 
Happening when there are tons of new honest users and new honest 
people who are joining the internet and newsgroups everyday and 
are willing to give it a try? Anyway, it is only $6.00 for a chance 
at thousands. Estimates are at 20,000 to 50,000 new users, every 
day, with thousands of those joining the actual internet. 
Remember, play FAIRLY and HONESTLY and this will really work. You 
wouldn't want someone to cheat you the same way you may be cheating! 

HOW TO MAKE 1000'S FROM 6$! READ PLEASE! 

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August 4, 2004 - 03:54 : TDobes

This seems like a possibly useful patch for those stuck in an
environment where they must use a proxy. (intranets?) I have no proxy
set up at the moment with which to test, but +1 to the functionality.

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December 3, 2004 - 06:47 : Steven

If we use HTTP/1.1 (using the Host header), I think we can send exactly
the same request to both a proxy and the real server. It might make the
code a bit cleaner.

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