Antwort: [Mod_gzip] mod_gzip & Aventail ExtraWeb

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Hi Joe,


> Does anyone have any experience using mod_gzip in an
> Aventail ExtraWeb environment?  Thanks!

I don't, but I have just tried to read the Technical Overview
of this product. There I found the section:


     "The array of reverse HTTP proxies in the Aventail ExtraWeb server
     act as a broker between the Internet and the internal application,
enabling
     users to gain access to the applications they need without making any
direct
     connections to your network."

So if Aventail Extranet is nothing but a system of proxies,
then think of mod_gzip as acting together with any kind of
proxy you can imagine.
Their description tells nothing about caching, so I would
imagine this thing to be really nothing more than a reverse
HTTP proxy that is able to apply a SSL layer on top of any
network traffic (includig HTTP) that it is forwarding.

If so, then it is working on some different layer than
mod_gzip, and both should not take notice of each other -
i. e. cooperation between some Apache with mod_gzip and
some Aventail Extraweb gateway should not be a problem.


Regards, Michael