Re: [squid-users] Reverse proxy non-performance benefits

On Wed, Feb 06, 2008, Paul Cocker wrote:
> Sorry if we're entering into "duh" territory here, but quite simply are
> there non-performance benefits to be gained from a reverse proxy
> configuration. I'm thinking in terms of security for the most part. Say,
> a squid reverse proxy sitting in the DMZ in a reverse proxy
> configuration for a website on the internal network.

Yup.

* centralised logging
* ability to rewrite URLs
* ability to distribute load across multiple backend servers
* ability to do security checks on incoming URLs (looking for exploit attempts, for example.)

> I see Apache can also do reverse proxy, which was surprising to me, or
> is it not quite the same thing?

Sort of. :)

Adrian
Received on Wed Feb 06 2008 - 01:33:10 MST