Web server and Proxy server?

virtubox

New member
Joined
Aug 20, 2016
Messages
74
Points
0
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

New member
Joined
Apr 22, 2015
Messages
64
Points
0
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

New member
Joined
Mar 17, 2017
Messages
6
Points
0
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

New member
Joined
Aug 24, 2016
Messages
59
Points
0
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

New member
Joined
Apr 4, 2017
Messages
21
Points
0
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:
 

Brill Mindz

Member
Joined
Nov 27, 2019
Messages
95
Points
8
"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

New member
Joined
Aug 9, 2020
Messages
17
Points
3
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

New member
Joined
May 18, 2021
Messages
1
Points
1
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

New member
Joined
May 4, 2021
Messages
16
Points
3
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

New member
Joined
Jan 21, 2022
Messages
14
Points
3
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

Active member
Joined
Apr 6, 2018
Messages
177
Points
28
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.
 
Joined
Dec 13, 2022
Messages
2
Points
1
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.
 
Older threads
Replies
37
Views
109,707
Replies
5
Views
6,437
Replies
2
Views
14,134
Newer threads
Replies
5
Views
5,232
Replies
11
Views
2,863
Replies
15
Views
5,970
Replies
2
Views
1,715
Latest threads
Replies
3
Views
1,608
Replies
2
Views
1,011
Replies
4
Views
1,825
Replies
2
Views
815

Referral contests

Referral link for :

Sponsors

Popular tags

You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.

Top