/1 Why is Nginx called a โ€œ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐žโ€ proxy?

The diagram below shows the differences between a ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฑ๐ฒ and a ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฑ๐ฒ.

/2 ๐Ÿ”น A forward proxy is a server that sits between user devices and the internet.

A forward proxy is good for:

1๏ธโƒฃ Protect clients
2๏ธโƒฃ Avoid browsing restrictions
3๏ธโƒฃ Block access to certain content
/3 ๐Ÿ”น A reverse proxy is a server that accepts a request from the client, forwards the request to web servers, and returns the results to the client as if the proxy server had processed the request.
/4 A reverse proxy is good for:
1๏ธโƒฃ Protect servers
2๏ธโƒฃ Load balancing
3๏ธโƒฃ Cache static contents
4๏ธโƒฃ Encrypt and decrypt SSL communications

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/5 Over to you: Whatโ€™s the difference between reverse proxy and load balancer? What are some of the most popular proxy servers?
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