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Wow, thanks for all the insights! Didn’t realize how much reverse proxies do beyond just load balancing—SSL termination and WAF sound super useful.

Gonna spin up NGINX this weekend and play with it.

Quick follow-up: Any gotchas with SSL configs in reverse proxies? Heard mixed things about cert renewals breaking stuff.

(Also, Squid for forwarding proxy looks fun—might try it for my home lab.)

Appreciate the help, y’all!