What are the common types of proxy servers used in organizations?

A proxy server is a middleman standing between clients (like your computer) and the internet. When anyone tries to access the web page, it comes through the proxy server and then accesses from the destination server. The proxy receives that response and sends it to the user. This is one process for an anonymizer to help conceal the users IP address but in addition, it also helps with security as well and can aid multiple functionality such as content filtering making it easier to get your answers fast using cache data enabling faster retrieval of information and if you want, we can bypass geographical restrictions.

Proxy servers used in organizations include forward proxies, reverse proxies, transparent proxies, anonymous proxies, high anonymity proxies, SSL/HTTPS/TLS encrypted proxies and data center proxies.

Forward Proxy

Forward Proxy A forward proxy intercepts connections to the internet (or any other public network) and are commonly used as an intermediary or “first in, last out” gateway between the user’s device and the entire Internet. It brings Security, Access Control and Policy Enforcement to an organization’s network.

Reverse Proxy

Reverse proxies are for servers, not clients. They have requests made to them from the internet which they forward on to other servers in the back end and offer it services such as load balancing, caching, also protecting the internal server by proxying.

Transparent Proxy

A transparent proxy is usually aimed at examining/controlling the traffic passing through, without actually changing it and without letting the end user know anything about it. Traffic auditing and content control are among the uses that organizations employ them for.

Anonymous and High Anonymity Proxies

Anonymous Socks hide the client (user) IP address but do not perform user verification, while High Anonymity Proxies also clean up the request that is sent to target sites from user information thus maintaining greater privacy.

SSL Proxy

An SSL proxy will ensure that no private information is stolen during an exchange between clients and servers which means your internal communications and outside connections are safe.