This chapter describes how to use iPlanet Web Proxy Server as a reverse proxy.
Reverse proxy is the name for certain alternate uses of a proxy server.
It can be used outside the firewall to represent a secure content server to outside clients, preventing direct, unmonitored access to your server's data from outside your company. This chapter describes the alternate ways that iPlanet Web Proxy Server can be used inside or outside a firewall. There are two models for reverse proxying. One model takes advantage of iPlanet Web Proxy Server's security features to handle transactions, and the other makes use of its caching features to provide load balancing on a heavily used server. Both of these models differ from the conventional proxy usage in that they don't operate strictly on a firewall.