Help with Apache 1.3 and Proxy-Authorization

registering · 08-26-2003, 01:45 PM

Hi all,
I'm running RH 7.2 with Apache 1.3.22. I wrote some software
that sends lots of PUT commands to the server and it works fine,
but I want to use persistent connections now to speed it up (it
IS very slow).

I am trying to use HTTP 1.1 since it handles persistent connections better than 1.0, but I keep getting a 407 error:
Proxy-Authorization required.

I have two questions:
1) Is there a way to just turn off authorizations in Apache?
2) I tried adding "\nProxy-Authorization: Default\n" to the header, but it didn't like it. What credentials is it expecting? Can I just make them up or does it cross-reference them somewhere?

I've been reading the RFCs and I'm just more confused than ever now!

Thanks for any help. as always, I appreciate it.

unSpawn · 09-06-2003, 06:45 AM

1) Is there a way to just turn off authorizations in Apache?
Yes. Check your httpd.conf for proxy configuration. Else scrub for unnecessary details and post it.

2) I tried adding "\nProxy-Authorization: Default\n" to the header, but it didn't like it. What credentials is it expecting?
Something like "username:password" would be my first guess.

registering · 09-16-2003, 01:57 PM

This is how my httpd.conf defines my proxy:

................

# Performance parameters
MaxClients 75
TimeOut 150
KeepAlive on
MaxKeepAliveRequests 100
MaxRequestsPerChild 50
KeepAliveTimeout 15
MinSpareServers 5
MaxSpareServers 20
StartServers 8

.....................

# Virtual hosts

# Virtual host Default Virtual Host

NameVirtualHost *

.............................

<VirtualHost *>
ServerName www.ABC.org
DocumentRoot /var/www/html

#ProxyRequests Off

ProxyPass / http://192.168.0.130/
ProxyPassReverse / http://192.168.0.130/

<Directory proxy:*>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from all
</Directory>

</VirtualHost>

# Directories...

<Directory proxy:*>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from all
</Directory>

I thought the <Directory proxy:*> part would turn off all authentications for proxying, however when I send my HTTP GET, I always get a 407 error.

Unfortunately this is apache 1.3.22 which I heard had issues with proxying, but I still assume I'm just configuring something wrong.

This is the actual msg, in case there's something wrong with my headers (a PUT is embedded in the GET):

Code:

GET http://www.ABC.org/pages/receiveHostData.php?data=PUT+JOST1+CR10-150+1063692000+-66.30300+-33.86700+0.00000+607.84003+0.20000+0.00000+ HTTP/1.1
Host: www.ABC.org
Connection: Keep-Alive

Thanks for any help!