nginx as an open proxy

[Igor Clark]

Hi Igor,

On 15 Nov 2007, at 06:27, Igor Sysoev wrote:

> 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.

Will this be in the 0.5.x branch or only 0.6.x?

Thanks,
Igor

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