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Proxied Apps associated cost, such as hardware deployment and maintenance -
Description
The Cloud Access Manager docs state the the following:
While the use of a reverse HTTP proxy is effective as a method of exposing internal applications to external users, it also carries with it an associated cost, such as hardware deployment and maintenance and implies a performance degradation.For this reason if alternatives are available, the use of a reverse proxy solely to effect automated sign on to a web application is not the preferred method.
Does this statement only apply to the form fill applications or does it also apply to any authentication method that uses the proxy such as http basic, integrated windows, http header?
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Resolution
It applies to all methods because the issue isn't the authentication method but the resources required to transmit the data for the internal applications.
If it proxies the content then it applies. It's not the auth type, it's the behavior of reverse proxying.