Understand the role of anHTTP proxy server
Before studying about HTTP proxy server we need to know the
types of proxy servers available. As we all know that a proxy server will act
as an intermediary between the client and the web. Each type of proxy server
will have its own importance. Let us first see what are the available types.
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FTP proxies
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CGI proxy
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SMTP, POP3 & IMAP
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HTTP & HTTPS
·
Socks
In the above-mentioned proxies, HTTP and https are the most
commonly and widely used proxies which we will discuss in this article in
detail.
HTTP proxy
It mainly organizes the work of browsers which highly use the
TCP protocol. A program is sent to the proxy server to open a particular URL.
The HTTP proxy server will process the request and check in the cache else will
process with the web and will give back the link to the user.
HTTP mainly allows
Cache downloaded file
– files can be video or image or any other pages. This is mainly to increase
the response speed. Hence it will not take much time to search for the request,
it can easily get the link from the cache which reduces the searching time.
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