Re: Anyone using any Linux SSL proxies?

["Michael K. Smith" <mksmith () adhost com>]

Hello Mike:


On 3/14/09 9:56 PM, "Mike Lyon" <mike.lyon () gmail com> wrote:

> Howdy,
>
> I am wondering what folks are recommending/using these days for Linux SSL
> proxies? I need to build a linux box that basically acts as an SSL offloader
> would (like a BigIP / Cisco ACE / Netscaler would do). Listen on port 443,
> decrypt the SSL and then forward the request onto the webserver on port 80.
> DSR is not required.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Offlist replies would probably be more appropriate.
>
> Thank You in advance.
>
> Cheers,
> Mike

We use Apache with mod_security and mod_proxy to do this, although the
application is more as an application layer firewall than an SSL offloader.
It works well for lower traffic applications; I haven't tested it under the
loads that are advertised by the hardware vendors you mentioned.

Regards,

Mike