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Bin Flaxx
Bin Flaxx

Reputation: 11

How does a HTTP Reverse Proxy work

I saw a website that offers HTTP Reverse proxy and TCP Reverse Proxy, I know what TCP Reverse Proxy is, but I have no clue what the difference is between HTTP & TCP Reverse proxy.

Try to explain it to someone that would like to buy it, because i want to know how it works. Those website's that offers it usually says "1 Protected Domain".

Upvotes: 0

Views: 273

Answers (1)

Steffen Ullrich
Steffen Ullrich

Reputation: 123320

Contrary to a simple TCP reverse proxy a HTTP proxy can choose the target HTTP server based on the content of the HTTP request, i.e. based on the target host name (Host header), the path, Cookies, the User-Agent etc. It can also include additional headers like X-Forwarded-For to include the clients original IP address.

Upvotes: 0

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