This defines remote proxies to this proxy. <match> is either the
name of a URL-scheme that the remote server supports, or a partial URL
-for which the remote server should be used, or '$' to indicate the
+for which the remote server should be used, or '*' to indicate the
server should be contacted for all requests. <remote-server> is a
partial URL for the remote server. Syntax:
Example:
<pre>
- ProxyRemote ftp http://ftpproxy.mydomain.com:8080
ProxyRemote http://goodguys.com/ http://mirrorguys.com:8000
ProxyRemote * http://cleversite.com
+ ProxyRemote ftp http://ftpproxy.mydomain.com:8080
</pre>
+In the last example, the proxy will forward FTP requests, encapsulated
+as yet another HTTP proxy request, to another proxy which can handle
+them. Apache itself can not directly handle FTP requests currently.
+
<A name="proxypass"><h2>ProxyPass</h2></A>
<strong>Syntax:</strong> ProxyPass <em><path> <url></em><br>
<strong>Context:</strong> server config<br>