Web server and Proxy server?

[Miranda]

What is the difference between web server and a proxy server ?

 

[virtubox]

Best answer

What is the difference between web server and a proxy server ?

A web server is a software to publish content on the web, like Apache or Nginx. And a Proxy server is used to display the content loaded from another server. So with a proxy server, you will not see the IP of the origin server because all connections will be done under the proxy : Client > Proxy > Origin server.

 

[vps9]

Web server is main server like Apache Tomcat etc , it contain all information which provide on client request
Proxy server is act like main server which store same information or cache to avoid load on web server

 

[iserveradmin11]

Hello ,
Webservers are basic need for website but proxy servers are used for load balancing so that one can pass there address to some desired address.

 

[Scopehosts]

Web server acts as the interface between browser and the main physical server. Whenever the information is requested through the browser the data is fetched from the web server, mainly the static content is delivered by the web server.
Proxy server intercepts all requests to the real server to see if it can fulfill the requests itself. If not, it forwards the request to the real server.

 

[taxlawyerla]

A proxy server is a more broad term. A web intermediary is a proxy server for web, yet you can have a proxy server for an alternate kind of administrations like email (SMTP or pop3/imap) where the antivirus can straightforwardly channel the correspondence or MySQL intermediary server or some other intermediary server you have the motivation to assemble or utilize.:clap:

 

[BrandonDyer]

You can use proxy to change your location.

 

[Brill Mindz]

"Web server" can refer to hardware or software, or both of them working together.

1. On the hardware side, a web server is a computer that stores web server software and a website's component files. It is connected to the Internet and supports physical data interchange with other devices connected to the web.
2. On the software side, a web server includes several parts that control how web users access hosted files, at the minimum an HTTP server. It can be accessed through the domain names of websites it stores and delivers their content to the end user's device.

 

[shiju]

If the server is providing web services, then we can call it as werbserver. The webserver responsible for handling the web requests from the web browsers and provide the information to the user. Like webmastersun.com is providing the data by accessing the web server.

Next is proxy server

The proxy server can be different in types
1. forward proxies - internal proxy server, user is restrictred with some websites and monitor the traffic with data filtering and user can connect the internet only via proxy server .
2.Open proxies - They are providing another type proxy for concealing your IP address. They allow you to browse anonymously by protecting your privacy.
3. Reverse proxies - Eg- Nginx - A reverse proxy server is a type of proxy server that typically sits behind the firewall in a private network and directs client requests to the appropriate backend server. A reverse proxy provides an additional level of abstraction and control to ensure the smooth flow of network traffic between clients and servers.

 

[emilycooper]

What is the difference between web server and a proxy server ?

A web server is a program that utilizes the Hypertext Transfer Protocol(HTTP) to serve the documents that structure Web pages to clients, because of their solicitations, which are sent by their PCs HTTP customers.

A proxy server acts as a gateway between you and the web. It's an intermediary server separating end users from the sites they peruse. Proxy servers provide varying levels of degrees of usefulness, security, and protection relying upon your utilization case, needs, or organization strategy

 

[webhostaddict]

Web server is used to server the web pages hosted on your website. There are mutliple web server such as apache, litespeed , nginx , IIS etc.

There are different types of proxy servers. It is mainly used to hide an IP address from where we are trying to access the remote resource.

 

[Lucifer_12]

A web Server is a server in charge of “processing” the data with some source code like PHP, Python, etc., Or serving static sites, images, etc.

The Proxy Server is a middleware server in charge of delivering a request from the clients to “some” server like a Web Server. The proxy servers are sometimes used to speed up the web processing with the use of Cache in charge of the proxy to free up resources in the web server and are used to load balance between many web servers, for example.
Finally, the final use of a proxy is to secure the service because the request is analyzed previously to pass to the web server so it can “secure” in some ways the web server directly.

 

[Daniel@30]

Here are the differences A web server and a proxy server are both types of servers, but they serve different purposes. A web server is a server that serves static and dynamic web pages to clients over the internet or a local network. It receives HTTP requests from clients, processes the requests, and returns the required web page or another resource.

A proxy server, on the other hand, acts as an intermediary between clients and servers. It intercepts requests from clients and forwards them to servers, and it also receives responses from servers and returns them to clients. The main purpose of a proxy server is to act as a security layer and to improve network performance by caching frequently requested resources.

 

[GCC Web Hosting Dubai]

A web server is a computer system that is responsible for serving web content over the internet. It serves HTML files and other related content to web browsers, in response to requests from clients.
A proxy server, on the other hand, acts as an intermediary between client computers and a web server. The client computers send requests to the proxy server, which in turn forwards the request to the web server. The proxy server then receives the response from the web server and passes it back to the client computers.
A proxy server can be used for various purposes such as improving security, hiding the identity of clients, caching content, or bypassing restrictions and filters.