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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by cheese_greater@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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That diverges from how the app was intended to be used or for what audiences it was marketed for

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[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Reverse proxy for unimportant, VPN for important

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

How do (reverse) proxies work?

Im only aware of terms like "Munchausens by Proxy" or "Proxy Wars" aha, seems to be some kind of stand in or something?

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

You are better served searching up on it by looking for networking guides.

Rudimentary it could be called a middleman facilitating the connection between two hosts (server and client)