@arudesalad@sh.itjust.works to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoWhat's the point of a reverse proxy and does cloudflare give all the benefits of one?message-square28fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down17
arrow-up191arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the point of a reverse proxy and does cloudflare give all the benefits of one?@arudesalad@sh.itjust.works to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareBoofStrokelinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoOther than waf stuff, if you have multiple servers behind a small nat, a reverse proxy can service them all from a single exposed public address. You can also do rewrite rules on the proxy vs on each server.
Other than waf stuff, if you have multiple servers behind a small nat, a reverse proxy can service them all from a single exposed public address. You can also do rewrite rules on the proxy vs on each server.