Take the 2-minute tour ×  I have read many explanations on
reverse proxy I still don't understand the interest. Could
someone really explains in plain english  share|improve this
question  closed as off topic by Rory Alsop Jun 20 '12 at 7:12
The answer below is a reasonable description of a reverse proxy,
but this question is still offtopic here. Please read the FAQ
for guidance as to what is on topic. –  Rory Alsop Jun 20 '12 at
7:14 Why is it offtopic ? My question was of course interest of
reverse proxy for SECURITY ! –  user310291 Jun 20 '12 at 19:37
What are you trying to ask? Why people use one? What does it
offer? If so, it is pretty much a duplicate of this:
security.stackexchange.com/q/9465/485 –  Rory Alsop Jun 20 '12
at 20:27  1 Answer 1  up vote 2 down vote accepted  A reverse
proxy is a proxy that retrieves data requested from a client
from one or many servers. In many cases these are used for load
balancing.  They might be also used when there are many web
servers and a single PP address, the