[b]"Reverse vs. Forward Proxy: What's the Key Difference and When to Use Each?"[/b] or [b]"Reverse vs. Forward Pro

Reverse vs. forward proxy boils down to who you're hiding.

Forward: Hide the client (you).
Reverse: Hide the server (your website).

For a home lab, a reverse proxy is way more practical. I use Nginx to route traffic to my services (Jellyfin, Home Assistant, etc.) without opening a million ports.

Forward proxy? Only if you're doing something like scraping or bypassing filters.