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

OP’s summary is spot on! For reverse proxy, don’t overlook security features like WAF (web application firewall). Cloudflare or NGINX + ModSecurity can help.

For forward proxy, if you’re anonymizing traffic, maybe check out Tor (overkill for most, but hey).

The names? Probably some engineer’s idea of a joke.