Re: gzip compression and httpd/relayd

On 2018-01-28, Thuban <thuban@yeuxdelibad.net> wrote:
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>> Yes it's possible. Make sure to set the appriopriate HTTP headers aswell
>> with relayd: read "Accept-Encoding" and if it's acceptable set
>> "Content-Encoding".
>
> Indeed, it works.
>
> relayd.conf :
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> match response header "Accept-Encoding" value "gzip"
> match response header set "Content-Encoding" value "gzip"
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> Then :
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> cd /var/www/htdocs/site
> gzip style.css && mv style.css.gz style.css
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> Now, open URL pointing to style.css, and here you go.
>
> However, all your files must be gzipped, or the browser is unhappy.
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
>

Fun hack, but it's going to break for a browser that doesn't support gzip.
Also it's a nice trap for the next admin that comes along (which may be your
future self :)