Re: Recomendation for a proxy server with good security?

[Travis Paul <Tr%visPaul.me@localhost>]

> On Jun 13, 2016, at 7:03 PM, Jose Luis Rodriguez Garcia <joseyluis%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> I am looking for  a proxy web server designed to be sure, with minimal
> security bugs.
> 
> I don't need especial features as cache, performance, etc. I want to
> be it simple
> 
> HTTP and HTTPS is enough, and it will be used mainly for download
> patches (yum, etc)
> 
> I tried http-gw from the toolkit of TIS, but it seems that it isn't
> available anymore and the license is restrictive. It is for give
> service on a hosted server of a customer.
> 
> It would be nice that it is in pkgsrc, but other options are good.

Does Nginx meet your needs?  That's usually my go to for a reverse proxy HTTP server.  I'd like to think Nginx is secure and simple, especially if you compile it without many modules (for example you can compile it without the PCRE dependency)

Good luck,
Travis P