Web的结构组件

HTTP代理服务器的作用 Web安全，应用集成，性能优化

1. 代理

In computer networks, a proxy server is a server (a computer system or an application) that acts as an intermediary for requests from clients seeking resources from other servers

A proxy server may reside on the user‘s local computer, or at various points between the user‘s computer and destination servers on the Internet.

• A proxy server that passes requests and responses unmodified is usually called a gateway or sometimes a tunneling proxy.
• A forward proxy is an Internet-facing proxy used to retrieve from a wide range of sources (in most cases anywhere on the Internet).
• A reverse proxy is usually an internal-facing proxy used as a front-end to control and protect access to a server on a private network. A reverse proxy commonly also performs tasks such as load-balancing, authentication, decryption or caching.

2. 缓存（Web cache /proxy cache）

保存远端资源的副本

3. 网关(gateway)

提供协议转换功能

4. 隧道

对数据进行忙转发，用于SSL

5. Agent代理

以上内容仅用于学习记录之用

参考资料：

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server  　　　　　　　　　　　　(proxy_server)

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_(telecommunications)  　　(gateway)

[3] HTTP权威指南 David Gourley

[4] https://www.w3.org/Protocols/

Web的结构组件

原文：http://www.cnblogs.com/mengjianzhou/p/5988448.html