Reverse Proxy vs Proxy: What's the Real Difference and Which One Should You Use? Alternatively: Rever

Proxy vs reverse proxy is like... wearing a disguise (proxy) vs putting a bouncer in front of your club (reverse proxy).

For tools, NGINX is my go-to for reverse proxying. For forward proxies, eh, I just use Tor if I’m feeling paranoid.

Fun fact: Cloudflare is basically a giant reverse proxy for the internet.