In a LAN network, my machine is connected to the LAN server and my machine is connected to internet through LAN server. So, can I consider the LAN server as forward proxy?
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In a LAN network, my machine is connected to the LAN server and my machine is connected to internet through LAN server. So, can I consider the LAN server as forward proxy?
Not typically.
If all traffic passes through the ‘LAN server’, you can consider the LAN server a gateway and a NAT-router.
If only HTTP/HTTPS/FTP traffic passes through the LAN server you might indeed be using an application proxy