nginx as an open proxy

[Igor Sysoev]

On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 12:43:26AM +0000, Matthew Albright wrote:

> Igor Sysoev <is at ...> writes:
> > On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 11:03:27PM +1000, Tony Lewis wrote:
> > 
> > > I would like to use nginx as an open proxy, using regular expressions to 
> > > get to any URL.
> > > [...]
> > 
> > Right now nginx does not allow to set any host in proxy_pass.
> > Currently I'm changing this - it requires non-blocking resolving and
> > proxy_pass changes.
> 
> Igor, do you have any idea when this feature will be available?

It is almost implemented and runs on one of our test servers, but now
the DNS cache is not cleaned at all, so there are memory leaks.
I'm going to fix it in nearest future and release it.


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Igor Sysoev
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