Explore the concept of a proxy server in the OSI model and its applications in caching, content filtering, and network security.

Explain the concept of a proxy server and its role in the application layer of the OSI model, highlighting its security and caching features.

Explain the concept of a Layer 7 reverse proxy within the OSI model. How does it enhance security, performance, and manageability of web applications?

Because decrypting end-to-end encryption may be challenging, application proxies could have problems with their performance. It is possible that a solution that provides a proxy server with the ability to engage via a secure protocol at the application level would be helpful to the proxy server.