Reverse proxying through a forward proxy?

Joost de Heer · *nix forums Guru Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 339

Situation:

Internet <--> Reverse proxy <--> forward proxy <---> backend server

From the reverse proxy, I can't directly access the backend server. There
is however a forward proxy that I can access which can access the backend
server. The network behind the forward proxy, and the forward proxy itself
are hosted by a third party so I can't change anything in the structure
there (i.e. change network settings so I can reach the backend server
directly), and said 3rd party doesn't want to make the changes either.

Is it possible to reverse proxy through a forward proxy, e.g. by setting
an environment variable http_proxy?

Joost

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