[OpenLayers-Users] proxy security

[Tim Schaub]

Hey-

Eric Lemoine wrote:
> Bart, you can filter on the mime type. Tim has a proxy script that
> does exactly this, ask him. Cheers. Eric
> 

http://svn.opengeo.org/util/proxyml/proxyml.py

(Eric will notice the similarities to his MapFish proxy :)

As noted in the docs, this is set up for use with mod_python.

Tim

> 2008/10/9, bartvde at osgis.nl <bartvde at osgis.nl>:
>> Hi list,
>>
>> in our OpenLayers application we want to give the user the possibility to
>> add any Web Mapping Service to their map. We'll be parsing the
>> GetCapabilities in the browser. So this basically means we almost need an
>> "open" proxy script, and cannot work with a list of trusted hostnames.
>>
>> Does anybody have some tips on how to reduce the risks of such an open
>> proxy?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Bart
>>
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Tim Schaub
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