OAM: Learning the basics - Part 4 - Proxy, Forward Proxy, Reverse Proxy

Proxy: Proxy means that someone is action on behalf of someone else.

Forward Proxy: Here the proxy server is acting on behalf of the client, i.e. the content server is unaware that the request is coming from the ‘Client’.  For the ‘Content Server’, the ‘Client’ does not exist. 

Reverse Proxy: Here the proxy server is acting on behalf of the content server. i.e. the Client is unaware the response is returned from the ‘Content Server’. For the client, the ‘Content Server’ does not exist.

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