What is a Proxy?

Peter Silva lights up the various types of proxies. In networking and web traffic, a proxy is a device or server that acts on behalf of other devices. It sits between two entities and performs a service. Proxies are hardware or software solutions that sit between the client and the server and do something to requests and sometimes responses.

[donatofallaci]

Dude can write from the other side. Awesome!

[whatisit]

Worked on different proxies (half/full) for many years. Your presentation makes me seeing the forest while working on a branch in one of the tree in the forest. Thanks to you and F5!!!

[Paulo-pvdb]

You know it's gonna be good when in 16s starts explaining the basic foundation of what is to come! Awesome! Imediately subscribed!!!!

[ppvshenoy]

Thanks for a simple and splendid explanation, Peter.

[adrianbrown]

The author of the channel thank you for such a useful and informative video.Now I have learned what a proxy is and a lot of new things about it!

[HOLYLIFEIFY]

Awesome topic here I find while fellowshipping with God when I was in 2nd grade the prophetic description of "psychologist for the "in the zone" that's prophetic for "proxy for the intimacy". The teaching during then was about the differ from psychologist and psychiatrist. Terrill TC!

[SevenAnomone]

I really enjoyed this thanks. You explain tech concepts in an easy to digest way, that really sticks in my brain.

[PhilippZach]

On your camera, the shutter speed should be double the amount of the frame rate. On this video your shutter is too low 1/5 or something. It should be 1/50

[thatfunkyduck]

Great video, thank you! I have a question about the half proxy example at 2:35 (the streaming protocol example):

So after the initial setup, where the proxy makes the initial request to the server, the stream is setup from the server directly back to the client, skipping the proxy entirely.

If this is the case, what is the point of the proxy server in the first place? Why even use one initially if the destination IP address for packets in the stream are going to be the client's IP anyway?

[hendersonfernandes]

What a excellent video!! Thanks Peter I enjoyed your video!

[alextlima]

Hi Peter! I was wondering if this reverse proxy could be implemented to filter client requests from outside network to get license in virtual servers. Is it possible in terms of security or I have to create a DMZ to increase security? Thanks a Lot.
Alexandre

[shrutigupta]

Mr. Silva. Thank you for the tutorial. Now I know.

[Samir-]

Peter thank you for your explanation. I understand it more then before.

[NadeemGorsi]

Wow... Loving the way you are writing on the camera lens... ♥

[VBaee]

how do you know if your purchasing a full or half proxy?

[RogieWoah]

Thank you, this is going to be very useful in my computer science class!

[lucianolacurcia]

Nice video, the etymology part made so much easy the understanding, thanks!

[syedsarwarhussain]

I am very Grateful to you....Thanks for explaining Peter I need your complete course on BIG-IP:ASM, LTM, GTM, PROXY where I can get it..please reply ....udemy???

[jackvonduck]

Uhh what am i gonna do with proxies if i won them in a roblox exploit giveaway?

[BijouBakson]

The way you explain it here I don't see any difference between a reverse proxy and a forward proxy apart from how the proxy is being used on the network. It seems like you're describing a retailer and a customer. Everyone is a customer somewhere and everyone can also be a retailer some other place. Or, did I miss something? Can you use your forward proxy as a reverse proxy and vice versa?