Re: [mod-security-users] Proxying a request based on RESPONSE_STATUS

[Brian R. <bre...@gm...>]

On 1/29/07, Christian Bockermann <ch...@jw...> wrote:
> > Another thing to try is using 'RewriteRule ... [P]' instead of
> > ProxyPass.  This is more flexible  as you have more control on when
> > the proxy is done in the cycle.  In my experience ProxyPass is
> > evaluated too soon and can override other rules.
>
> This is a good note. Does anybody have a clue how the internal
> processing
> phases of apache look like? I am especially interested in the phases of
> mod_rewrite. There is some stuff available, but I am missing a "detailed
> big picture".
>
> Section "Internal Processing" hits the nail on the head:
>
>         http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/rewrite/rewrite_tech.html
>
> but is still a work in progress. Does anybody have a good source (other
>


Check out this for details...
http://f-m-c.org/projects/apache/html/Apache_Modeling_Project.html

Especially the request/response loop:
http://f-m-c.org/projects/apache/html/4_4Request_Response_Loop.html

And extending apace (hooks, filters, etc):
http://f-m-c.org/projects/apache/html/3_3Extending_Apache.html

-B