Understand the part of a HTTP proxy server
Before researching about HTTP proxy server we need to know the types of proxy servers out there. As most of us recognize that a proxy server will act as an intermediary between the customer and the internet. Every type of proxy server will have its importance. Let us see what are the available forms. • FTP proxies • CGI proxy • SMTP, POP3 & IMAP • HTTP & HTTPS • Socks From 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 job of browsers that tremendously use the TCP protocol. A program is delivered to the proxy host to open a particular URL. The HTTP proxy server will process the request and check from the cache else will process together with the internet and will give back the URL to the consumer. HTTP mainly allows Cache downloaded file -- documents can be video or image or any other pages. This is principally to increase the response rate. Henc...