Many businesses use proxy servers to route and secure traffic between networks. There’s often confusion, however, on how this differs from a reverse proxy. In this article, we’ll dissect the two concepts and explain how administrators can use a reverse proxy for easy access management control.

In this article, Liz covers:

• What is a proxy server?
• What is a reverse proxy?
• Reverse proxy configuration
• Use case: onboarding and off-boarding
• Setting up a reverse proxy for access management
• Building a reverse proxy by hand vs. buying software
• Managing access with strongDM