A forward proxy is what you put between your web browser and the internet (often called a proxy by browsers) often this happens on corporate networks) - the reverse proxy is between the internet and the webserver There are some issues with mod_security and e.g. wordpress sites - so you have to take care to tune it - we often just use a set of general rules to act as a first level of security -----Original Message----- From: Jason Long <hack3rcon@xxxxxxxxx.INVALID> Sent: 11 March 2021 17:28 To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: What should be considered about the reverse proxy server? [EXT] Thank you. I have other questions: 1- When I configured a Reverse Proxy and want to use "ModSecurity", then I just need to install the ModSecurity on Reverse Proxy server or I must install ModSecurity on both of the Front-End and Back-End servers? 2- With ATS (Apache Traffic Server), need I to install Apache Web Server on the Front-End server? 3- Can anyone tell me what is the main difference between the Forward Proxy and Reverse Proxy? On Thursday, March 11, 2021, 07:14:29 PM GMT+3:30, Antony Stone <antony.stone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: On Thursday 11 March 2021 at 15:35:17, Jason Long wrote: > Thank you for all replies. > How to handle back-end server down? Is it kind of load balancing or CDN? No. Whether you have one back-end server or a hundred, you have to allow for the fact that under certain circumstances the reverse proxy may not be able to contact any of them, and therefore has to return some response to the requesting client. Antony. -- I think broken pencils are pointless. Please reply to the list; please *don't* CC me. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- The Wellcome Sanger Institute is operated by Genome Research Limited, a charity registered in England with number 1021457 and a company registered in England with number 2742969, whose registered office is 215 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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