Proxy Server Software
Hello, We are in the process of setting up a new server environment. Does anybody have a recommendation for Proxy server software?
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lsud00d
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Forward or reverse? I'm assuming you mean forward.
Free/opensource, or proprietary?
What are your business requirements? Budget? Users? Server capacity? Network pipes? Amount of offices and locations?
Users should not know a forward web proxy is there unless you are doing block pages. Otherwise, a proxy could be very visible in a bad way if not done correctly.
If reverse, what kind of web applications are you fronting? Will it require custom login pages, varying authentication schemes, separate identity management, fitting into a DMZ network scenario, federation?
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yagerlegi
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Thank you so much for taking the time to answer thoroughly.
It will be for both forward /reverse. It will be a web application that will require a user to login.
looking for free/open source.
There should be about 100 users- in 10 different locations.
Sorry, I don’t have any linux skills. -
lsud00d
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Nginx has some reverse proxy features and is available on Windows natively
Squid is a forward proxy utilizing Apache and can be installed on Windows with some effort
Both of these tools are free but run optimally on linux so YMMV.