Proxy vs Reverse Proxy
Hello guys, I was just reading a bit about proxy and reverse proxy. Can someone confirm whether my understand is correct please:
1. In proxy (forward proxy), the proxy hides the ip of the clients, so we don't know who request what.
2. In contrast, for reverse proxy, the ip of the servers are hidden. We don't know how sent what.
Can someone explain why proxy and reverse proxy are important please. I read that reverse proxy is used for load balancing because when we send a request, the reverse proxy can decide which server to use in contrast with forward proxy (does forward proxy only has one server?).
1. In proxy (forward proxy), the proxy hides the ip of the clients, so we don't know who request what.
2. In contrast, for reverse proxy, the ip of the servers are hidden. We don't know how sent what.
Can someone explain why proxy and reverse proxy are important please. I read that reverse proxy is used for load balancing because when we send a request, the reverse proxy can decide which server to use in contrast with forward proxy (does forward proxy only has one server?).
