Hello
There's nothing wrong with a reverse proxy unless Mid Tier is not
setting headers correctly.
Reverse proxies are common place in large global organisations. Whilst
slipping in the world of proxies per se, why should the same static
workflow (ie the output of form.js, linked when a page loads if I
recall) be moved from London to Asia every time someone opens a window?
It's a huge waste of bandwidth and a hit on performance.
Apache and mod_jk, a common BMC Mid Tier deployment, is a reverse proxy.
The browser asks Apache for a web page, and mod_jk fetches it.
Reverse proxies do have their downsides, such as making it easier to
implement cross site scripting (because all the applications share the
same hostname), but if you trust all the applications then that's not so
much of a worry.
If there are problems with Mid Tier and reverse proxies, they should be
fixed.
John
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