A reverse proxy is a service (server) that:

• Appears to be a web server to clients (ie end users)
• Appears like a web client (browser) to a web server.

An example of a reverse proxy would be something like Cloudflare or CloudFront.

They can serve a range of purposes including -

• Adding https to a site which cant handle it natively (or where https is very compute intensive)
• Providing reliability/scalability by divying up requests to multiple servers
• Adding a layer of security by hiding the actual site location.
• Unifying different sites under a single domain.

(Another way to look at is litereally - it acts like a proxy, but in reverse. Instead of acting on the web clients behalf it helps the web server)

A reverse proxy is a service (server) that:

• Appears to be a web server to clients (ie end users)
• Appears like a web client (browser) to a web server.

An example of a reverse proxy would be something like Cloudflare or CloudFront.

They can serve a range of purposes including -

• Adding https to a site which cant handle it natively (or where https is very compute intensive)
• Providing reliability/scalability by divying up requests to multiple servers
• Adding a layer of security by hiding the actual site location.
• Unifying different sites under a single domain.

(Another way to look at is litereally - it acts like a proxy, but in reverse. Instead of acting on the web clients behalf it acts on the web servers behalf)

A reverse proxy is a service (server) that appears to be a web server to clients (ie end users) and appears like a web client (browser) to a web server.

An example of a reverse proxy would be something like cloudflare or cloudfront.

They can serve a range of purposes including -

• Adding https to a site which cant handle it natively (or where https is very compute intensive)
• Providing reliability/scalability by divying up requests to multiple servers
• Adding a layer of security by hiding the actual site location.
• Unifying different sites under a single domain.

(Another way to look at is litereally - it acts like a proxy, but in reverse. Instead of acting on the web clients behalf it helps the web server)

A reverse proxy is a service (server) that:

• Appears to be a web server to clients (ie end users)
• Appears like a web client (browser) to a web server.

An example of a reverse proxy would be something like Cloudflare or CloudFront.

They can serve a range of purposes including -

• Adding https to a site which cant handle it natively (or where https is very compute intensive)
• Providing reliability/scalability by divying up requests to multiple servers
• Adding a layer of security by hiding the actual site location.
• Unifying different sites under a single domain.

(Another way to look at is litereally - it acts like a proxy, but in reverse. Instead of acting on the web clients behalf it helps the web server)