Re: [thredds] TDS and HTTPS

I agree, an Apache front end is a simple and standard thing to do.

AFAIU, the user still is using SSL encryption, its just that Apache is
doing that instead of Tomcat. So it would be good for any of us to make
some measurements comparing large binary data transfers.

On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 10:42 AM, James Gallagher <jgallagher@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>
> On Dec 18, 2015, at 9:06 AM, Steve Ansari - NOAA Federal <
> steve.ansari@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Sure - I'll follow up offline.
>
> Steve
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal <
> roy.mendelssohn@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Steve
>>
>> I was hoping that would work.  That any proxying, whether AJP or other,
>> would be hidden.  I have had problems in the past getting AJP proxying to
>> work, if I need to do that.  Can  you send me (offline) the part of you
>> httpd.conf where you proxy over to tomcat using AJP?
>>
>
> We have had good success using Apache & AJP. Apache as a front end
> provides a number of options, particularly WRT authentication and this
> might provide for a compromise should HTTPS be too much of a bottle neck. I
> have not tested the impact of HTTPS compared to HTTP (it would be easy
> enough to do using simple file transfers).
>
> James
>
>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -Roy
>>
>> > On Dec 18, 2015, at 7:59 AM, Steve Ansari - NOAA Federal <
>> steve.ansari@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hey Roy,
>> >
>> > We are using Apache to handle all the HTTPS stuff.  Apache then
>> forwards requests to Tomcat and TDS using AJP.
>> > https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/config/ajp.html
>> >
>> > Our TDS:
>> > https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog.html
>> >
>> >
>> > Steve
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal <
>> roy.mendelssohn@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Hi All:
>> >
>> > As I hope you know, the Federal government is required to migrate to
>> https for all services in the next1.5 years.  My question is can the TDS
>> work with https? If so, can you point me to any documents or what changes,
>> if any, need to be made to use https.  If not, are there plans to
>> incorporate this ability into TDS?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > -Roy
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> **********************
>> "The contents of this message do not reflect any position of the U.S.
>> Government or NOAA."
>> **********************
>> Roy Mendelssohn
>> Supervisory Operations Research Analyst
>> NOAA/NMFS
>> Environmental Research Division
>> Southwest Fisheries Science Center
>> ***Note new address and phone***
>> 110 Shaffer Road
>> Santa Cruz, CA 95060
>> Phone: (831)-420-3666
>> Fax: (831) 420-3980
>> e-mail: Roy.Mendelssohn@xxxxxxxx www: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/
>>
>> "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill."
>> "From those who have been given much, much will be expected"
>> "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice" -MLK
>> Jr.
>>
>>
>
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