apologies if this is in FAQ but I've been unable to find any archives to search

first.

I am hosting a number of personal domains for myself and a friend of mine
behind 
a single IP address.  The personal domains are served from two different 
machines.  I was running Apache in reverse proxy mode and I *thought*
everything 
was locked down but spammers found a way through it to use it as a proxy relay.

it looks like Pound will do what I want (i.e. reverse proxy to multiple
machines 
by name without creating an open proxy) yet the documentation notes tend to 
discourage or discount this kind of use.  Is it a real problem or is it just an

expression of personal philosophy?

I would appreciate some enlightenment.  I need to make a decision how to go 
relatively quickly because I do need to get the Web services back on but I am 
not going to trust Apache anytime soon for this kind of service.

---eric

Hello!

Am Donnerstag, 18. September 2003 15:25 schrieb Eric S. Johansson:[...]

Do you need SSL (https)? If not, it is pretty easy to set up.


Andi[...]

On Thursday 18 September 2003 15:25, you wrote:[...]

Surely not spammers, but people who like to surf anonymously...
[...]

It's a matter of personal preference. We have reports of people running over 
70 virtual hosts off Pound (a Brazilian ISP), so the possibility is certainly 
there.
[...]

As a side note: Apache CAN be prevented from doing this - but you need to be 
careful with the configuration. On the other hand, running Apache just to 
provide proxying services is very much overkill.[...]