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[AN@S]

Hi,

I need help with something that I don't know what we can call. Here is the situation:

I'm from a country that block websites! Recently they blocked a useful website that my friends and me can't live without!
We already have a dedicated server (located in the US). We need to do the following:
- register a domain name, and when this domain is requested, requests will be served through our server. That means that our server will get the requested website then delivers it to the user who has requested the website

I know I can simply install a web proxy script such as CGIProxy and use it to surf this blocked website or other blocked websites as well, but that website heavily uses Javascript which I noticed that it does not function probably with scripts such as CGIProxy .

I do not need a detailed HowTo of course, I just need to know where to start from, is this related to some apache option? Do I need some specific software to be installed on server? I need any clue to get me started.

Thanks in advance,

[Taweem - Adam]

Originally Posted by AN@S

Hi,

I need help with something that I don't know what we can call. Here is the situation:

I'm from a country that block websites! Recently they blocked a useful website that my friends and me can't live without!
We already have a dedicated server (located in the US). We need to do the following:
- register a domain name, and when this domain is requested, requests will be served through our server. That means that our server will get the requested website then delivers it to the user who has requested the website

I know I can simply install a web proxy script such as CGIProxy and use it to surf this blocked website or other blocked websites as well, but that website heavily uses Javascript which I noticed that it does not function probably with scripts such as CGIProxy .

I do not need a detailed HowTo of course, I just need to know where to start from, is this related to some apache option? Do I need some specific software to be installed on server? I need any clue to get me started.

Thanks in advance,

You shouldn't use CGI Proxy becuase it uses a lot of resources.
Instead, use a proxy script like PHProxy,Zelune or Glype.
For these you will need to have cURL installed and enabled on your server.

[AN@S]

Originally Posted by Leriss

You shouldn't use CGI Proxy becuase it uses a lot of resources.
Instead, use a proxy script like PHProxy,Zelune or Glype.
For these you will need to have cURL installed and enabled on your server.

Hi Leriss,
I don't want to use such scripts, I don't like them, all of them are bad with Javascript. As I said I'm looking for a way in which my server can directly get the blocked website without using such scripts.

[NWSTech]

how about squid proxy ??