From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 10 20:33:02 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AEA91065672; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:33:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=julian=254810458@elischer.org) Received: from smtp-outbound.ironport.com (smtp-outbound.ironport.com [63.251.108.112]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45EB68FC13; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:33:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=julian=254810458@elischer.org) Received: from unknown (HELO julian-mac.elischer.org) ([10.251.60.87]) by smtp-outbound.ironport.com with ESMTP; 10 Jan 2009 12:33:02 -0800 Message-ID: <496905FC.2030706@elischer.org> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:33:00 -0800 From: Julian Elischer User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Macintosh/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adrian Chadd References: <200901091602.n09G2Jj1061164@svn.freebsd.org> <4967A500.30205@fsn.hu> <4967B6D9.90001@elischer.org> <4967C539.2060803@fsn.hu> <49686A30.4000205@fsn.hu> <4968E8B4.9090309@fsn.hu> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Attila Nagy , svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Robert Watson Subject: Re: svn commit: r186955 - in head/sys: conf netinet X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:33:02 -0000 Adrian Chadd wrote: > 2009/1/10 Attila Nagy : > > >> BTW, I'm eagerly waiting for somebody to implement this transparency into >> nginx, which can act as a reverse proxy with built-in perl logic. :) >> That way FreeBSD could be used as a highly flexible transparent reverse HTTP >> proxy. >> >> Do you know anything else which can do that now with an easy API (accessible >> from high level languages like perl or python)? > > Heh. Well, my -eventual- aim with Squid/Cacheboy may make this sort of > stuff possible, but with lua and not perl. Lots of work to do before > that happens though. > > Of course, the problem with transparency is doing it -right-, and this > patch is about 1% of the total work required to solve all the problems > so people don't "notice broken stuff".. > ah, but it's the FIRST 1% :-) > > > Adrian