About a Reverse Proxy
A reverse proxy acts on behalf of a trusted zone application. The trading partner or remote client initiates a connection to a trusted zone application and is connected to a reverse proxy.
Secure Proxy provides reverse proxy services for Sterling B2B Integrator when the trading partners initiate FTP, HTTP, SFTP, and Connect:Direct® sessions to the Sterling B2B Integrator server in the trusted zone.
Secure Proxy provides reverse proxy services for Connect:Direct servers when the trading partners initiate Connect:Direct sessions to Connect:Direct servers in the trusted zone.
Following is an illustration of Secure Proxy, labeled with reverse proxy terminology.
The following table explains the reverse proxy terminology used in the illustration.
# |
Term |
Description |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Inbound Session |
The session between the remote trading partner and Secure Proxy. It is inbound to Secure Proxy. |
2 |
Outbound Session |
The session between Secure Proxy and the Sterling B2B Integrator or Connect:Direct application in the trusted zone. It is outbound from Secure Proxy. |
3 |
Client or Connect:Direct PNODE |
The trading partner. It can be an HTTP, FTP, SFTP, or Connect:Direct client. For Connect:Direct implementations, the client is the PNODE or the initiating node. |
4 |
Server Adapters or Connect:Direct SNODE |
The Sterling B2B Integrator server in the trusted zone. The adapters at Sterling B2B Integrator are the HTTP server adapter, FTP server adapter, SFTP server adapter, and the Connect:Direct server adapter (SNODE). For Connect:Direct implementations, the trusted zone server is the SNODE. |