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

Forward proxy: "I’ll ask for you."
Reverse proxy: "I’ll answer for you."

We use a reverse proxy (Cloudflare) to cache static content and speed up our site. For forward, we just use a basic Squid setup.

Tools? Depends on your needs, but NGINX is king for reverse proxy stuff.