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Hey! Great question. The forwarding proxy vs reverse proxy thing tripped me up too at first.

A simple way to think of it:
- Forwarding proxy = your buddy who grabs stuff for you (like a VPN).
- Reverse proxy = the bouncer at a club who decides who gets in (like Cloudflare).

For a website, you’d usually just need a reverse proxy (like Nginx or HAProxy) unless you’re also trying to hide your own traffic.

Check out [this guide](https://www.nginx.com/resources/glossary...oxy/)—it’s pretty clear!