Proxy vs Reverse Proxy Explained

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[@Danilio.]

I think in the future, forward proxys & reverse proxys should be integrated into one for better efficiency & reduced physical space usage.

[@__Mr.White__]

0:30 so my router with his build in modem is a proxy for all my homenetwork computers?

[@v0x3lc0d3]

Man I've been a software engineer for decades and I'm embarrassed to say I never could figure out what a reverse proxy is until now. Thank you for such a great video!!!

[@PowerCertAnimatedVideos]

Glad I could help!

[@youtubeuser1052]

I've known this terminology for decades and always hated it. The reason you've had trouble figuring it out is that it is incorrect. A reverse proxy and forward proxy operate in exactly the same direction. A reverse proxy does not operate in reverse relative to a forward proxy. Other terms like "load balancer" and the newer (but still not new) "web application firewall" are much better. I could accept "server side proxy" but I don't think that's ever been a commonly used term

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[@DemPilafian]

An IT professional naturally thinks first about a group of clients while a software engineer naturally thinks first about the servers running the software. The name "reverse proxy" seems like it's based on an IT perspective. If I was in charge of naming everything in the world, I would flip the names "proxy" and "reverse proxy".

[@satish1012]

Same here

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I have never seen anyone explaining things so clearly as you do. Your demo videos are also just as good.

[@kingneutron1]

SuperThanks! I've been using squid for decades, and still couldn't wrap my head around the idea of a reverse proxy until I watched your video!

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[@pharkasj]

It's good, but not perfect. We have a proxy between our internal users and internal sites. So it is not just used for traffic between the Internet and our users.

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Exact! The way you explain is so easy to understand ! Thank you !

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[@SpikeTheBear]

I have spent way too much time trying to figure out what a reverse proxy is. I wish i found this video faster. This is by far the best explanation i have come across

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[@razorrahmo]

You have explained proxies in a simple and yet excellently illustrated way! Great content as always!

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[@MotoDammit]

Excellent information about proxy servers. The fact the technology facilitates surveillance - by powerful people, causing its own unique harms. I wish you’d at least mention “this is creepy” and “please think hard about whether you want to facilitate this kind of surveillance, and then ask why, and be sure you get an answer you’re satisfied with”

[@alexitosrv]

Another instantaneously created fan here! Thanks for such a concise explanation. I've worked with proxies since a long time ago, but this was a very good explanation 👏 For some reason, the "reverse" part in the name of the reverse proxy never "clicked" on my mind, but saying like you did, on protecting servers instead of clients makes so much sense!. I never read a previous documentation saying it like that, and I read quite some, it always says forwarding traffic, but again, the reverse forwarding is a convoluted way to say just forwarding. Thanks!!

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[@SandWraith0]

Seriously you read my mind! I was just researching how to setup a local dns and was wondering what a reverse proxy was. I was going to look it up on KZbin when I got home from work and then I see this video gets uploaded. I say it again, you seriously read my mind. Thank you!

[@ulysses_grant]

I'm amazed I could finally understand reverse proxies. Thank you so much.

[@noahkalson8951]

Great explainer on proxies and how they are used. Thanks for the intro to Bright Data, great service!

[@christomcat1227]

Concise and well illustrated, as always ! Thanks :)

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[@Ra1981eD]

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[@jacekkowalski1464]

Great video. I remember a few years ago when I was struggling to find good explanation of reverse proxy (I was still a junior so my search abilities was also not that good). Today I needed to refresh my knowledge and found this video and everything is explained perfectly.

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The explanation was very clear and the infographic helped a lot.

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[@jblaze600]

Yo I was just studying this on the google cybersecurity certificate lol. Now you blessed us with a video. Thanks

[@ahmedshemees8018]

I would love to watch thousands of such well-explained videos of yours.

[@hautboisjc]

Love this video! A possible video idea would be also to explain the different types of proxies: squid proxy, SOCKS proxy, transparent proxy etc.

[@ananthared]

Thanks for explaining the concept of proxy servers in layman terms.

[@marcelotoniolo4434]

Well explained. Well done. So, in other words, Forward Proxies are "talking" to "Reverse Proxies" and the other way around. The clients never talk to each other but let the Proxies do the "talking" for them.

[@ArifKamaruzaman]

Hah I love your videos! your explanation is easy to understand and your voice is really good. Thank you for your videos. 👍👍👍👍

[@lilrex2015]

Pretty sure you need to have #ad in the title. Also, fantastic video as always.

[@thavrisco1632]

I'm lucky that this amazing video was uploaded recently since I'm just now learning about proxy and reverse proxy

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[@alexeds21]

I loved your animation. Graphics are amazing.

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[@manusoftar]

This explanation is, by all means, incomplete. Let me give you an example of the usage I personaly had to do of a reverse proxy. First of all let me introduce you to the context: I had to work on an HP Proliant Server, the client had a single public IP address available but two different websites which had to run on dedicated apache2 servers which in time where set to listen for a specific web address over the same ip. Well, I used ESXI first of all, to manage virtual servers on the physical hardware, and I installed 3 virtual servers, 2 of them where LAMP Servers (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) and the third one was a reverse proxy. I set the configuration in a way that all the incomming traffic was sent to the reverse proxy and then, through the reverse proxy I redirected the traffic based on the domain name (or web address) to the corresponding apache2 server. With this I'm trying to explain that another usage of a reverse proxy is to handle redirects in order to have multiple servers mounted on the same ip address but listening on different domain names.

[@mujahidshaikh5034]

Brief and simple explanation. Thanks bro.

[@BloodyClash]

absolutely superb and understandable explained. thank you very much 😁also the animated servers and proxies look very cool

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[@charlesopuoro5295]

Thank you so much for this clear and concise explanation.

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Excellent explanation, I've finally understood it. Thanks 👍

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Your explanations are superb.

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[@westlymeza8322]

Great explanation very clear, thanks for this content , regards

[@trilecao9014]

Your explanation is great ❤

[@rutwikkhisti4988]

Wow dude what a clear and informative video, Thank you❤

[@Powertampa]

The forward proxy example is more of a firewall and a proxy itself cannot hide the identity of a client as the forward headers still contain the info on who requested the data.

[@davorzdralo8000]

So is the reverse proxy example, when in reality neither of them have anything to do with security. DDoS mitigation can be on reverse proxy, or not, that's completely beside the point, and "hiding IP addresses" of servers is not done because of security, it's mostly in order to distribute load over multiple servers transparently. All in all, pretty bad explanations.

[@yannialshoufi1783]

Thanks for the video, great explanation! Just one question, that mean that a router is a proxy?

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[@BiebenidoCepeda]

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[@silvanabongiorno3292]

Thank you. Very important the proxy server

[@hassanalmasri3935]

Great explanation 🎉 Thx ❤

[@mightyfist10]

Thank you for another helpful explanation. 👍

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[@klebleonard]

as always, great video, you never disappoint

[@Meng-s8j]

Bro this video is just fantastic, and it made me wonder what is the difference between proxy and VPN? Would you make another video on that?

[@clintonmekwunye2010]

This is a nice explanation

[@sairamkatkurigoud5622]

@powercert 0:10 can you please make videos on zscaler product's and please explain what exactly it is

[@markandrow4010]

Thank you, handful nice tutorials.

[@roxx2k356]

So what's the difference between NAT and forward proxy ? , both appears to have same usecase

[@dougaltolan3017]

Location: Typically a proxy is not local, it's out on the Internet somewhere. NAT is performed locally, usually in a gateway router. The topology is not displayed very well in this video. As shown here both forward and reverse proxy would be a single machine (or function of a router) called a firewall. Load balancing tends to be more than you'd expect from a router though.

[@BuriBuriZ]

If most of University Lecturer explain thing like this person did, then graduation rate will skyrocketed.

[@TheCodeJester]

verry good explanation

[@lehongronald5747]

Thanks for this information, but where on the network does the network proxy fit?

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[@pavelototti3875]

Amazing explanation

[@donireland6218]

Your description of forward proxy and reverse proxy sound EXACTLY like what I've always been told a firewall and router do. So why would I need a proxy if I already have a router with good firewall rules? The one use case I can come up with is that I have multiple different websites -- all wanting to use the same port. A good proxy would be able to direct traffic to the appropriate server based on the domain name. I don't think a router and firewall alone could do that.

[@nyanates]

Good explanation. Tnx.

[@REN-p8s]

So good!!!! How about explaining usb depth limitation? End points?

[@ukaszk1276]

Thanks for your great work! Next video: transparent proxy vs non-transparent?

[@rafelinalazar]

The versatility of Zeus Proxy's multiple IPs allows me to adapt to different situations and requirements, ensuring seamless browsing and transactions.

[@marks5850]

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[@luisflavioaquino]

How is the effective difference between reverse proxy and firewall?

[@amoldhamale3202]

what's the difference between a router and a proxy then because whatever you explained is done by a router as well

[@thenightstreamer4702]

Ok, I am wondering. It seems there's many devices that sit in between the private network and the public internet. If so, where exactly does a proxy server sit if I thought the router and the firewall is also the middleman between the private network and the public internet? That sort of confuses me

[@thenightstreamer4702]

Also what is the difference between a firewall and a proxy server? Seems they act in similar ways

[@subrock007]

what would be a difference between reverse proxy and load balancers? It sounded like reverse proxy and load balancers e.g F5 are same to me. Please explain.

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Please, make videos to explain server+ and windows server, MCSA, you made a video to explain Network+ and it was very good , Thank you, I love your explanation and videos

[@nasrullahturke4480]

What's the difference between file, file format, data structure in file and hard drive as word storage is used interchangeably for all these words in describing them.

[@SystemDesign-ib5zq]

FORWARD PROXY BENEFITS - Reguates traffic out of a network - (private n/w - forward proxy - internet) 1. WebServer Does not know which client is making request - ip of proxy server is visible so - better security 2. Proxy can be used to log user activity 3. many schools an govt org restricts access to certain sites - connecting to proxy allows us to connect it to the sites 4. can store copies of websute (cache database inside proxy) - reduces latency REVERSE PROXY BENEFITS - Regulates traffic into a network - (internet - reverse proxy - private n / w of a company hosting webservices) 1.

[@monster-zel0601]

Like your videos so much, it provides a huge network knowledge to me. Can anyone tell me what's the difference between proxy and dns server?

[@jakezxz1352]

I'm not sure I understand the need to define a specific Forward/Reverse Proxy, isn't the behavior by default to be both of those things at the same time ? In the forward proxy demonstration, traffic that is sourced inside to outside needs a return path from outside to in, at that point isn't the same proxy which was acting as a forward proxy now a reverse proxy ? I'm not sure I fully understand the specific differences.

[@nick066hu]

'A proxy keeps track of what websites are visited' That's how a friend of mine got fired. They concluded he was 'watching' youtube most of the day while wroking. ...but all he did was listen to music over his headphones while keeping the YT window minimized. ...to not be distracted by the office noise around him to be able to work harder.

[@thespecialchannel]

But wouldn't that just compromise the reverse proxy istelf it protects the main proxies from ddos and hacker but in the process compromising itself to these attacks And if it regulates traffic for the main servers would it be overwhelmed itself?

[@krishnaavinash1284]

It should be fine, until organisation data and resources are not compromised, they can increase the capacity of reverse proxy, by the way only internet users are effected in case of reverse proxy is Down This is my understanding 😊

[@dougaltolan3017]

Since its not a server, it has more time to deal with the attack. Also by using different DNS records in different countries/regions it is possible to direct requests to different proxies that then forward valid requests to the core servers.

[@ahm3dSalman]

Company sets a proxy for speed and access , I (client) requests for access to whatever, Reverse Proxy is like a middle one single road Traffic that Can Restricts acess to actual Proxy server so can't be flooded or other pentesting

[@mayuresh2059]

Dude, you are doing a good job with such a good explanation but this video created a doubt in mind then what is the difference between vpn and proxy. I known that you to take time to create a video and its okay but i am requesting you to make a video on above topic.