SSL Proxy

I am pondering on some ideas here. with SSL for a non SSL enabled site.

Here is the plan. I have an existing site www.SiteA.com and its resources
are all accessed over SSL https://www.siteA.com or
https://www.siteA.com/forum/

I think you get my point here.



I have a box (hardware device) that I would like to access over the web as
it has a web interface for management. The thing is this.. *I know you know
where I am going*. The device does not have SSL. I would like to some how
use IIS and add a virtual directory to my existing SSL enabled site and use
it as a proxy in a scene to send and receive info from the device. So that
when I am out there out of the office I can just go to
https://www.siteA.com/device/ and access my device. Is this possible?



Thanks.



Note: My www.siteA.com is under a firewall with the 443 SSL port mapped to
the web server and the site on the device I need to access is in my internet
network so it's important that I can do this.



Thank you

Andrey
Wed Jul 13 14:31:19 CDT 2005

Mr. Backup wrote:
> I am pondering on some ideas here. with SSL for a non SSL enabled site.
>
> Here is the plan. I have an existing site www.SiteA.com and its resources
> are all accessed over SSL https://www.siteA.com or
> https://www.siteA.com/forum/
>
> I think you get my point here.

Yep, exactly :o)

>
>
>
> I have a box (hardware device) that I would like to access over the web as
> it has a web interface for management. The thing is this.. *I know you know
> where I am going*. The device does not have SSL. I would like to some how
> use IIS and add a virtual directory to my existing SSL enabled site and use
> it as a proxy in a scene to send and receive info from the device. So that
> when I am out there out of the office I can just go to
> https://www.siteA.com/device/ and access my device. Is this possible?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Note: My www.siteA.com is under a firewall with the 443 SSL port mapped to
> the web server and the site on the device I need to access is in my internet
> network so it's important that I can do this.
>
>
>
> Thank you
>

Hmm, I think it's not possible since I don't know the way for IIS to act
as a reverse proxy server. You might need to 3rd party ISAPI-filter
assigned to that subdirectory or I'd offer another solution - VPN
server. If you want to access securely to this "box" (and it's attached
to the same network as your server) - you may

1) assign non-routable IP addresses to the server and to the box

2) set-up RRAS server

3) configure PPTP (easy way) or L2TP (not easy way :-)

4) connect to VPN server, enjoy secure communication between your remote
computer and the "box".

-Andrey