Standard Cache Proxy Topologies
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Standard Cache Proxy Topologies
The following sections identify the standard ways that cache proxy servers are configured within a network. Windows Media Services does not directly support implicit proxy.
Section
Description
Single-tiered Proxy
Discusses a client-proxy relationship in which there is only one proxy server.
Multi-tiered Proxy
Discusses a client-proxy relationship in which there are multiple bound proxy servers.
Explicit Proxy
Discusses a client-proxy scenario in which the client is explicitly bound to the proxy server.
Implicit Proxy
Discusses a client-proxy scenario in which the client is unaware of the proxy server but network data is nevertheless sent through the proxy.
Reverse Cache Proxy
Discusses the use of reverse proxy servers to balance loads on origin servers.
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