{"id":14475,"date":"2016-04-01T16:23:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T16:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/proxy-service\/"},"modified":"2016-04-01T16:23:40","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T16:23:40","slug":"proxy-service","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/31705\/proxy-service","title":{"rendered":"Proxy Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_proxy_service_mean\">What Does Proxy Service Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A proxy service is an intermediary role played by<br \/>\nsoftware or a dedicated computer system between an endpoint device and a client<br \/>\nwhich is requesting the service. The proxy service may exist on the same<br \/>\nmachine or on a separate server. The proxy service enables the client to connect<br \/>\nto a different server and provides easy access to services like Web pages,<br \/>\nconnections or files.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_proxy_service\">Techopedia Explains Proxy Service<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The main purpose of a proxy service is to filter requests to ensure that no dangerous traffic creeps in by applying strict routing rules and to boost the performance of the system. A proxy service works simply \u2013 when a proxy service receives a request, for example, to open a Web page, it looks for the already cached pages. If it finds the requested page in the already cached page, it returns it to the user. If the page is not yet cached, proxy service uses its own IP address to fetch the page from the server for the client.\n<\/p>\n<p>Proxy services are mainly of two types \u2013 forward proxy and reverse proxy. Forward proxy is an Internet-facing proxy that is used to retrieve a range of sources. 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