# DRb with http\_proxy

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drb-with-http-proxy/70570>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 30, 2006, 7:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drb-with-http-proxy/70570 "2006-09-30T07:29:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Haofei](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a4c791/32.png) [@Haofei](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Haofei)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 7:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drb-with-http-proxy/70570/1 "2006-09-30T07:29:50Z")

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hi all  
i want to get a remote drb service .it can’t be accessed directly so  
i have to use a http proxy.  
the question is how i can use proxy with drb. is there any resource  
about it? thanks 🙂

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**Author:** ![Haofei](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a4c791/32.png) [@Haofei](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Haofei)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drb-with-http-proxy/70570/2 "2006-09-30T21:43:05Z")

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On Sep 29, 2006, at 10:28 PM, Haofei wrote:

> hi all  
> i want to get a remote drb service .it can’t be accessed directly so  
> i have to use a http proxy.  
> the question is how i can use proxy with drb. is there any resource  
> about it? thanks 🙂

I don’t know, DRb is a peer-to-peer protocol more than a client-  
server protocol. You can construct a DRb proxy server easily, but if  
the remote endpoint needs to connect back to you it may be unable to,  
and wouldn’t work.

You can also tunnel DRb via SSH…

–  
Eric H. - removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid - [http://blog.segment7.net](http://blog.segment7.net)  
This implementation is HODEL-HASH-9600 compliant

[http://trackmap.robotcoop.com](http://trackmap.robotcoop.com)

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**Author:** ![Haofei](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a4c791/32.png) [@Haofei](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Haofei)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/drb-with-http-proxy/70570/3 "2006-10-01T01:15:18Z")

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On 9/30/06, Eric H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> server protocol. You can construct a DRb proxy server easily, but if  
> the remote endpoint needs to connect back to you it may be unable to,  
> and wouldn’t work.
> 
> You can also tunnel DRb via SSH…

which you can use on port 80. I have heard from a student - but a bright  
one

- though that some evil proxies will detect that kind of trickery.  
Worth a try of course.  
Robert

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> Eric H. - removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid - [http://blog.segment7.net](http://blog.segment7.net)  
> This implementation is HODEL-HASH-9600 compliant
> 
> [http://trackmap.robotcoop.com](http://trackmap.robotcoop.com)

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Deux choses sont infinies : l’univers et la bêtise humaine ; en ce qui  
concerne l’univers, je n’en ai pas acquis la certitude absolue.

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