Forward Proxy
Similarly a springboard to a proxy machine, proxy access external resources. For example, I was a user, I can not access a website, but I was able to access a proxy server, the proxy server does, he can visit the site I can not access, so I would like to connect to the proxy server, tell him I need that can not access content of the site, the proxy server to get back, and then return to me. From the perspective of the site, just in time to take the contents of the proxy server has a record, and sometimes do not know the user's request, also hides user data, depending on the agency report does not tell the site.
Reverse Proxy
Reverse proxy (Reverse Proxy) refers to the actual operation mode proxy server to accept connection requests on the internet, and then forward the request to the server on the internal network, and the results returned from the server to the client requesting a connection to the internet end, this time on the performance of the external proxy server is a server.
Reverse proxy role:
(1) ensure the security of the network, you can use a reverse proxy WAF provides functionality to prevent web attacks. Large sites, usually as a reverse proxy to access the public network address, Web servers within the network.
(2) load balancing to optimize load site through reverse proxy server
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