Proxy Server:
In general words proxy server is nothing but an mediator(ex: bus, if you want to go to your home by using bus you can reach your destination) the same way we are using proxy server in weblogic.
Proxy Server is an intermediary server between your web browser (client) which requests for some information/data and your server (web server/Application server) that process the data.
Types of Proxy Server:
They are three different types of proxy servers. They are as follows
1) Forward Proxy Servers:
Forward Proxy Server is a server which forwards the request from the intranet clients (web browser) to the internet servers. These proxy servers are present in the same network of your client.
2)Open Proxy Server:
An open proxy is a proxy server which is accessible by any Internet user. Any proxy server that doesn’t restrict its client base to its own set of clients and allows any other client to connect to it is known as an “Open Proxy”.An anonymous open proxy allows users to conceal their IP address while browsing the Web or using other Internet services. They are in numerous open proxy servers present in Internet. For converting any flavor of proxy servers to Open Proxy servers we just have to enable the flag “ProxyRequests On” in the configuration file.
3)Reverse Proxy Server:
A Proxy Server which takes requests from external clients (web browsers) or Internet and forwards them to servers in an internal network is called as Reverse Proxy Server. Generally, the reverse proxy servers are present in the same network where we have our App/Web servers.
Advantages of using Reverse Proxy Servers: The various advantages of using the proxy servers are as follows
1) Filtering
2) Caching
3) Bypassing filters and censorship
4) Logging and eavesdropping
5) Gateways to private networks
6) Accessing services anonymously
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