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| − | Dreamwidth's SSL image caching proxy is a web service that:
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| − | * listens for requests for embedded content served via HTTP
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| − | * downloads and caches the requested content
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| − | * returns a temporary HTTPS link to that content
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| − | This process allows Dreamwidth to successfully display insecure offsite content on a securely viewed page. Without the proxy, either the insecure content would be hidden, or browser warnings would be generated. The cached content expires every few hours, to avoid [http://wiki.dreamwidth.net/wiki/index.php/Legislation#The_Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act_.28DMCA.29 DMCA] concerns.
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| − | The source code for the proxy is written in [https://golang.org/ Go] and can be found here: https://github.com/dreamwidth/dw-free/blob/develop/src/proxy/main.go
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| − | [[Category: Documentation]]
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| − | [[Category: Development]]
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