#!/usr/bin/perl # # $Id: cgigw.cgi,v 1.1 1998-04-28 22:01:23 hjp Exp $ # # This is a simpe CGI gateway script. # # It can be used to access CGI scripts on a different server and/or # port. # Possible scenarios where this is useful: # * Your real CGI scripts have to run on a machine behind a firewall. # In this case you may also want to modify this script to check # parameters. # * Your real CGI scripts have to run on a different server (e.g., one # with some special database installed), but you don't want to expose # that server's address in your URLs. # * Your real CGI scripts have to run on a Web server which doesn't # speak SSL. # # Usage: Change the customization section to point to the script which # you really want to call. Install this script in some convenient # place. Make sure the target script generates only links to your # "official" server (If this is not possible, you might want to # tweak its output just before "print @rest;" at the very bottom # of this script. # # $Log: cgigw.cgi,v $ # Revision 1.1 1998-04-28 22:01:23 hjp # Initial release. # Only tested with a few CGIs and the Roxen web server. # # use IO::Socket; # BEGIN customization section $serv_addr = "internal.host.com"; $serv_port = 80; $serv_script = "/some/script.cgi"; # END customization section $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr => $serv_addr, PeerPort => $serv_port); if (!$sock) { print "Status: 500\r\n"; print "Content-type: text/html\r\n"; print "\r\n"; print "
\n"; print "