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NimbostratusProxies
I was reading about the concise guide to Proxies and still left confused. I understood what a forward proxy is. But yet have doubt about the other three.
Half Proxy :- I understood that incoming connection go via the proxy and outgoing connection return directly to the server , so where is the tcp handshake? between the client and proxy and then between server and client.
Reverse and Full proxy looked very similar to me. Any other guides where they are explained in much detail? Or if someone can tell me the way I can understand :)
Thanks
Vijay_ECirrus
From my understanding, a full proxy has a full tcp stack (L1-L7) for the client side connection and another full tcp stack for the server side connection (L1-L7). This enables manipulation of all layers of an incoming packet. Example: F5
Half proxy doesn't have the same level of feature to manipulate a packet L1-L7 on client and server-side of the connection. Example: Cisco CSS. Can manipulate up to L7 for client side but only L4 manipulation of packets for server-side.