Disabling normal proxy function in a reverse-proxy server..

Question

If you want to disable the capability to use the server as a "normal" forward proxy and only allow reverse proxying. Based on a section in the admin manual
These additional automatic mappings are for users who connect to the reverse
proxy as a normal server. The first mapping is to catch users connecting to the
reverse proxy as a regular proxy. Depending on the setup, usually the second is the
only one required, but it does not cause problems in the proxy to have them both.
The first mapping reffered to is a mapping rule:
"http://external.ip.address" => "http://proxyied.server.ip"
The second is of the form:
"/" => "http://proxyied.server.ip"
Would it be enough to just have the "/" rule, which it kind of sounds like i the admin text?

Answer 1

You can use the admin GUI to turn on access control and to create/modify
ACLs. Once you save and apply changes, and compare the new obj.conf
to the previous one (do a backup first, if you prefer) you can see a new
PathCheck "check-acl" directive present. You need to wrap this directive
in a <Client> tag:
Here's how to use <Client> tags:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5494/6n7isltea?l=ko&a=view