⬅️ Web Development 🔗 Stack Overflow
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the word “proxy” describes someone or something acting on behalf of someone else
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In the computer realm, we are talking about one server acting on the behalf of another computer.
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Forward Proxy: Acting on behalf of a requestor (or service consumer)
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Reverse Proxy: Acting on behalf of service/content producer (e.g. CDNs)
