Re: httpd - conditional redirects

On 4/28/21 8:45 PM, thenisto@gmail.com wrote:
> Hope I'm putting this in the appropriate mailing list.
>
> A minor (I hope) potential feature request for httpd:
>
> I wish to redirect clients not from a certain IP (e.g. my public IP at
> home) to a different location, temporarily. The purpose of this is to
> allow setting up a "maintenance" page so that I can properly test my
> site with a piece of mind before actually making it available to
> other visitors. I personally consider this a crucial ability.
>
pf (4) is happy to redirect anywhere, anywhen.

  2nd httpd on another machine listening on standard ports
or
  2nd httpd on same machine listening on chosen nonstandard ports

redirect in gateway

or
  1 httpd listening on outside address
  1 httpd listening on internal address
pf on server redirects as necessary

or

use testing.yourdomain.whatever if you can

or

play fast and loose with a schizo name server:
   server.yourdomain is served by an outside nameserver
   server.yourdomain is intercepted by your local nameserver

or...

some of these won't work for you
somebody else can think up more

Geoff Steckel