Reverse Proxy Configuration - Apache as an SSL reverse-proxy

Question

Hi,
We have EP 6.0 SP 14 installed with SSL configured.
We are in need to open the application to internet.
For the same we have set up a reverse proxy server (Apache as SSL
Reverse Proxy).
Our requirement is to open the application to the internet with
web address https://abc.domain.com.
The issue is we are able to access the application from internet only when
https://abc.domain.com/irj/potal is typed.
(ie.) Mapping is working fine for
https://abc.domain.com/irj/portal to
our EP Portal address https://abc2.domain.com:50001/irj/portal
And not working for mapping https://abc.domain.com to our EP Portal
address https://abc2.domain.com:50001/irj/portal
We have been working on to resolve this issue for days together but have been really unsuccessful
Kindly help us in resolving the same asap.
Note : The references we used are:
1. SAP's document:
"Apache Reverse Proxy Configuration for J2ee 6.20 and 6.40 Web Applications"
2. Weblogs:
The Reverse Proxy Series -- Part 1: Introduction
The Reverse Proxy Series -- Part 3: Apache as a reverse-proxy
The Reverse Proxy Series -- Part 3.1: Apache as an SSL reverse-proxy
Regards,
venkat.

Answer 1

Thanks much for the feedback. We're using the default settings on the HTTP rule we have set up for the portal on the ISA server. We'll be looking into the details of what the default rule settings are, however we did find a note in the Microsoft Knowledge base detailing with the ISA server screening high bits in URL strings for Outlook Web Access (OWA). This generates a similar error message. Here is the link to the detailed note on the Microsoft web site:
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;837865
Also,we are going to be applying the SP1 upgrade to the ISA server (released in March) to see if this might be some type of issue that may have been identified and corrected by the service pack. We'll see what happens with that.
One area where we can recreate the problem at will is when we set up the system landscape configuration. We can navigate to a system configuration object, however when we attempt to right click to edit the object we get the error. There are other circumstances where we get errors but that is one that occurs for sure. Anyone have any idea as to what might be special about that type of transaction??
Thanks again.
Rich