Forwarding requests throught Apache to openVPN

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Published on 2011-01-21T10:03:00Z Indexed on 2012/12/04 17:09 UTC
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I am wondering if it is possible to redirect requests through Apache to eg. OpenVPN.
As long as I need to bypass firewall, I need to use port 80/443 for openVPN, but there is Apache server which has both port for itself.

Client ---> Firewall (allows 80/443 only) --->| ---> Apache (80/443) ---> OpenVPN (1194) |
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                                                           My Server

I was thinking about mod_proxy, but I am not sure if it is good idea, have you got any ideas?
I hope possible solution will be applicable on virtual host as well.

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