Reverse vs Forward Proxy: What's the Key Difference and When to Use Each? Alternatively: Reverse vs F

The reverse vs forward proxy thing clicked for me when I thought about who’s being hidden.

Clients? Forward.
Servers? Reverse.

For a web app, you’ll almost always want a reverse proxy.

And yeah, I’ve seen people use the wrong one—ended up with a slow, broken mess.

Try Apache or Nginx for testing.