SSL_Gate

This gem allows to start TCP(HTTP) server that serves SSL(TLS) connections and forwards them to the target.
HTTP requests are recreated and responses are send back while TCP connections are coupled and each data packets are forwarded both directions asynchronously.

Installation

To install the gem

$ gem install ssl_gate

Usage

Create the file SSLGate which describes the gates

google:
  bind_port: 9001
  target: https://www.google.com
  private_key_file: "../test/ssl/server.key"
  cert_chain_file: "../test/ssl/server.crt"

Then run in the current directory

$ ssl_gate

This will start the HTTPS server on the 0.0.0.0:9001 with the SSL Certificate specified. Each request will spawn the corresponding one to the target server and response will be send back.

Local Gate

More practical example is to setup server gates to secure local services access. Suppose you have Wiki server, RestAPI server and Jabber server running locally. Then you can setup three gates to provide SSL access to these services from outside.

The SSLGate file may looks as follows

wiki:
  bind_port: 80
  target: http://127.0.0.1:8080
  private_key_file: "server.key"
  cert_chain_file: "server.crt"
rest_api:
  bind_port: 90
  target: http://127.0.0.1:9090
  private_key_file: "rest_server.key"
  cert_chain_file: "rest_server.crt"
jabber:
  bind_port: 6222
  target: tcp://127.0.0.1:5222
  private_key_file: "xmpp_server.key"
  cert_chain_file: "xmpp_server.crt"

To start the gates simply run ssl_gate in the SSLGate file directory