On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Nick Kew <nick@(protected):
> On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 13:48:54 -0600
> "Tavian Barnes" <tavianator@(protected):
>
>> But that's a reverse proxy, not a forward one. I'm attempting to use
>> an Apache server as a proxy for my web browser, that uses a local copy
>> of certain files from certain sites. As such, it has to be a forward
>> proxy, because I'm using it for arbitrary web sites.
>
> That's not what you originally asked.

It's what I attempted to ask, by referring to "forward proxies" in the
subject line.

> Anyway, three solutions, from the most sensible
> to the least:
> * Set up proxy exceptions in your browser preferences

I know of nothing that can direct particular web addresses to local
copies of files; all the tools I've seen can just selectively proxy
addresses.

> * Use mod_cache for your local copies

My local copies are intended to differ from the copies on the web.
Can mod_cache or mod_file_cache really be set to use a particular
local version of a file, rather than automatically generating the
cache? I realise that I didn't clarify this earlier.

> * Use mod_rewrite - probably a rewritemap.

Is there any reason I'd need to use a rewrite map? Reading through
the mod_rewrite documentation, I came up with this,

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.google\.com
RewriteRule ^/ig /ig [R]

which unfortunately doesn't work. What am I missing?

> Unless of course your real purpose is to block crap like
> animated images, in which case maybe the rewritemap makes
> good sense (I use my ADSL router to do that).
>
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