Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Finnigan Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Webber Update Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 21:19:17 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Mac GUI Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: <0001HW.26FDC1400044F4BB7000013FF2EF@eu.astraweb.com> <7796d27b-c321-4d6e-977f-5f416203640an@googlegroups.com> <0001HW.2700589E00E06D0970000B4D12EF@eu.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 21:19:17 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="a50f257594e2950baaeecf84b3f1b2ef"; logging-data="27090"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/+yxDtcv7J5uTFGEoeXx2B" User-Agent: Mac GUI Usenet Cancel-Lock: sha1:eJnmzIqqu7q1OIu8DyAVBLqkd6E= In-Reply-To: <0001HW.2700589E00E06D0970000B4D12EF@eu.astraweb.com> Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.apple2:46671 Speccie wrote: > > On a IIgs itself, you can only access by http://, until someone writes an > SSL Link Layer for Marinetti... > I did some more research on this problem and discovered that an HTTP proxy server can facilitate access to HTTPS resources. The mod_proxy module in Apache can also provide access to FTP. It will convert an HTTP GET into an FTP RETR command. I already tested this myself and I think it's a viable solution. Take a look for yourself: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_proxy.html The documentation unfortunately makes the setup appear more complicated than it actually is. But it's very simple to configure an Apache web server so that it will accept full HTTPS (or HTTP or FTP) URLs in a GET, and return the response back over plaintext HTTP. The proxy server managers the entire TLS scenario, so the client (in this case, your Webber browser) never sees any of it. This proxy server could be run on the user's local network, or could be hosted on any public network. Webber would just need a Preferences option to allow the user to set the proxy server and port, and then if activated, send the appropriate requests to this proxy server instead of doing DNS resolution, etc. to connect directly to that HTTPS or FTP host. Then, boom! Instant HTTPS support. :-) -- ]DF$ The New Apple II User's Guide: https://macgui.com/newa2guide/