Proxy servers
basic info
- A server that acts as an intermediary for requests from a client to other servers.
- Can prevent the end server from knowing exactly who made the request and to whom the response is going.
types of proxies
- gateway
- a proxy that passes on requests and responses without modification.
- forward proxy
- an internet facing proxy for one or more clients
- reverse proxy
- A proxy for a server. Clients send requests to the reverse proxy which then forwards the request to one or more servers.