Honestly, the reverse proxy vs proxy confusion trips up so many people.
A simple way to think of it:
- Proxy = your mask to the internet
- Reverse proxy = your website’s bouncer
Real-world example? My company uses HAProxy as a reverse proxy to distribute traffic across three servers. Before that, one server would die under load. Now? Smooth sailing.
For regular proxies, I dig Squid for internal filtering.
A simple way to think of it:
- Proxy = your mask to the internet
- Reverse proxy = your website’s bouncer
Real-world example? My company uses HAProxy as a reverse proxy to distribute traffic across three servers. Before that, one server would die under load. Now? Smooth sailing.
For regular proxies, I dig Squid for internal filtering.