[b]"Reverse Proxy vs Proxy: What's the Real Difference and Which One Should You Use?"[/b] Alternatively, if you prefe

Reverse proxy vs proxy is all about direction, like others said.

For tools:
- Regular proxy: Squid, TinyProxy
- Reverse proxy: NGINX, Traefik, HAProxy

If you’re lazy, Cloudflare’s free tier does reverse proxy + security. Hard to beat.