Forward Proxy : This will hide the source details and forward the requests to target server. Forward proxy will acts like VPN - Virtual Private Network.
- This can be used where there is Geo restrictions. We can hide the source location and access the server.
- This will anonymize client IP address.
- Servers will receive the requests from Proxy Server and respond back to same proxy server.
- Both VPN and Forward proxy will perform the same action. Both have advantage and disadvantage.
- Depending on the Proxy Server performance your end to end performance will vary.
- Always go for VPN.
Reverse Proxy: Reverse proxy acts like a front for Servers. Like a load balancers. This will anonymize the server IP address.
- Reverse proxy can acts like a Load Balancer and distribute the traffic to multiple servers.
- Acts like Global Server Load Balancer . Advanced load balancer concept to distribute the traffic to multiple servers deployed across the world.
- Provides enhanced security to secure the servers. Avoid DDoS attacks.
- Provides caching capabilities.
- Provides SSL encryption and termination.
- Main Reverse Proxies
- Nginx
- Varnish
- Apache Traffic Server
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