reverse proxy not working with Netscape 6.23

[mklai]

I have an application in which an apache server acting as a reverse proxy is placed in front of the application server. In IE and Communicator (4.79) it is working fine but when I use Netscape 6.23, the browser cannot load the page. To make matters worse, it also shows the internal ip of the application server in the browser task bar!! Here is a portion of my apache configuration:

<VirtualHost *:443>

RewriteEngine on
RewriteLogLevel 9
RewriteLog logs/rewrite_log
SSLProxyEngine on
ProxyRequests on

ErrorLog logs/ssl_error_log
TransferLog logs/ssl_access_log

SSLEngine on

ProxyPass /

https://172.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxxx/

ProxyPassReverse /

https://172.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxxx/

RewriteRule ^/(.*)$

https://202.xxx.xxx.xxx/$1

[P]


What I have noticed is that the rewrite rule is ineffective because IE works regardless of whether the rule exists or not and the rewrite log doesn't contain any logs. Much appreciated if someone can tell me what I am doing wrong. Thanks.