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@@ -27,6 +27,36 @@ Then, to tunnel a SSL connection on 28332 to a RPC server bound on localhost on
It can also be set up system-wide in inetd style.
+Another way to re-attain SSL would be to setup a httpd reverse proxy. This solution
+would allow the use of different authentication, loadbalancing, on-the-fly compression and
+caching. A sample config for apache2 could look like:
+
+ Listen 443
+
+ NameVirtualHost *:443
+ <VirtualHost *:443>
+
+ SSLEngine On
+ SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/server.crt
+ SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/server.key
+
+ <Location /bitcoinrpc>
+ ProxyPass http://127.0.0.1:8332/
+ ProxyPassReverse http://127.0.0.1:8332/
+ # optional enable digest auth
+ # AuthType Digest
+ # ...
+
+ # optional bypass bitcoind rpc basic auth
+ # RequestHeader set Authorization "Basic <hash>"
+ # get the <hash> from the shell with: base64 <<< bitcoinrpc:<password>
+ </Location>
+
+ # Or, balance the load:
+ # ProxyPass / balancer://balancer_cluster_name
+
+ </VirtualHost>
+
Random-cookie RPC authentication
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