karath Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Are proxies allowed or not? I don't like using free hosts CPU's, especially friendly ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashoat Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 As long as you don't make it huge or commercial, I guess. We monitor CPU usage, so if yours goes too high we'll have to ask you to shutdown the proxy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karath Posted June 16, 2007 Author Share Posted June 16, 2007 As long as you don't make it huge or commercial, I guess. We monitor CPU usage, so if yours goes too high we'll have to ask you to shutdown the proxy. Okay thanks and cheers... it won't be commercial nor huge... just a small one promises... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemama718 Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 I'm trying to install a proxy as well, and so far the script is working. To support SSL, however, the directions say to install OpenSSL as well as Net::SSLeay. From the cPanel, it appears Net::SSLeay is already installed. Being unfamiliar with perl modules or anything related to it (I installed the proxy with simple directions), I have two questions: 1. Is OpenSSL installed? 2. If not, is it even possible for me to install OpenSSL? 3. If yes, how can I install it? I've searched around, and all the sites say to do things at a Unix prompt...which I don't think I can do since my stuff is being hosted. edit// um...nm...I went to cPanel, Perl Modules, typed in OpenSSL...and apparently it's installed. but I realized that wasn't the program - sites like Orkut won't let me log in because it's not through a secure proxy. I think that means it has to be through https:// , right? Is there any way to do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashoat Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 1. Yes. In response to the edit: you'll need SSL access. What proxy software are you using anyway? You can only install proxy SCRIPTS, like CGIProxy or PHProxy. No fancy proxy software - it's gotta work through the web. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemama718 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Yeah I have CGIProxy installed i found it at http://www.jmarshall.com/tools/cgiproxy/ . What exactly does that mean, I'll need SSL access? >< Sorry I'm really unexperienced in this area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 I think there are two different issues here. There will be two different connections, one from the users PC to the proxy, and one from the proxy to the end website. If you want SSL enabled for both parts. I'm not sure if you can access pages on shared hosting over SSH. Apache needs the host header to decide who's site is being displayed but SSL needs to serve the certificate prior to knowing who's site is being used. If shared SSL connections are supported on the virtual hosting it is likely your users will see a domain mismatch message, unless heliohost uses a wildcard SSL certificate. The proxy itself also needs to understand SSL to make the connection to the end point. For that it needs: OpenSSL Net::SSLeay I would be very suprised if openSSL was not already on the server. It may not be accessable though. According to cpanel Net:SSLeay is installed system wide so that shouldn't be a problem. However I can't see anyway you can setup SSL for connecting to your site. You can probably get your proxy to connect to SSL sites but it would be horribly insecure as it's sending the last bit unprotected. I seem to remeber being told that (inbound) SSL on shared hosts is normally not available as it requires each shared host to have it's own static IP so that Apache can determine which SSL cert it needs to serve. You might want to ask djbob: 1. can SSL connections be established to accounts on heliohost (i.e. does https://yourname.heliohost.org work, or be made to work) 2. Are outbound connects to port 443 permitted by the firewalls It might be better to keep it all in one topic, if the answers are dotted around all over the place tings could become confusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemama718 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 oh. well I think I installed OpenSSL... Method: Perl Expect Fetching CPAN timestamp...Done Testing connection speed...(this could take a while)...Done Ping:20.843 Testing connection speed to mirrors.kernel.org using pureperl...(105466.67 bytes/s)...Done Ping:29.612 Testing connection speed to cpan.hostrack.net using pureperl...(62940.00 bytes/s)...Done Ping:22.072 Testing connection speed to cpan-sj.viaverio.com using pureperl...(52383.33 bytes/s)...Done Three usable mirrors located Three usable mirrors located Mirror Check passed for mirrors.kernel.org (/index.html) CPAN: File::HomeDir loaded ok (v0.65) CPAN: Storable loaded ok (v2.16) Going to read /home/jaymaa/.cpan/Metadata Database was generated on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:10:18 GMT CPAN: LWP::UserAgent loaded ok (v2.033) CPAN: Time::HiRes loaded ok (v1.9707) Fetching with LWP: http://mirrors.kernel.org/cpan/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz CPAN: YAML loaded ok (v0.62) Going to read /home/jaymaa/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz ............................................................................DONE Fetching with LWP: http://mirrors.kernel.org/cpan/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz Going to read /home/jaymaa/.cpan/sources/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz Database was generated on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:09:46 GMT ............................................................................DONE Fetching with LWP: http://mirrors.kernel.org/cpan/modules/03modlist.data.gz Going to read /home/jaymaa/.cpan/sources/modules/03modlist.data.gz ............................................................................DONE Going to write /home/jaymaa/.cpan/Metadata OpenSSL is up to date (0.09). perlmod--Install done and I'm basically wondering if https:// can be made to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karath Posted June 18, 2007 Author Share Posted June 18, 2007 Try downloading from www.proxybuilder.com instead. It offers simpler proxies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemama718 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 I downloaded it...and they're using the same exact script. =X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashoat Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Why do you need https:// to work? Most proxies don't use secure connections. If you really want it I guess I could enable the SSL manager for your specific account. But personally I don't see a need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemama718 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 well, for example, when I try to access Orkut it won't allow me. edit// and it would be SO appreciated if you did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashoat Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 What software are you using for your proxy and what method does it use to download webpages? If you are using a proxy that is written in PHP and it utilizes cURL for downloading webpages, it should work with SSL as the HelioHost server has cURL w/ SSL support enabled, and compiled in PHP. I'm not very experienced in whatever CGIProxy uses (I assume Perl? I know only a little Perl), so I'm not sure what methods it supports and and which one CGIProxy utilizes. The problem may very well be a software limitation. Basically, if you want me to install a package on the server or enable something, please tell me. Otherwise, you'll need to figure that out before you ask me to help, as I really don't know what this situation requires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemama718 Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Ah I think the error was generated by my browser. When I try to go to https://jaymaa.heliohost.org/ I get an error saying "jaymaa.heliohost.org has sent an incorrect or unexpected message. Error Code -12263" Upon searching this on Google, a reference page on the Mozilla webpage (I'm using Firefox) says: "This generally indicates that the remote peer system has a flawed implementation of SSL, and is violating the SSL specification." I really don't know any Perl either...but does the above help at all in figuring out what's wrong? Basically I just need to have https:// work. I appreciate the help greatly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashoat Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Why do you need https:// to work...? What is your reason? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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