HTTP Reverse Proxy and HTTP Transparent Proxy

The Application Services Modular Line Card with Media Flow Controller software installed enables configuring support for HTTP reverse proxy and HTTP transparent proxy caching. 

The Application Services Modular Line Card (AS MLC) has three components: 

• Application Services Modular Carrier Card (AS MCC) 
• Application Services Modular Processing Card with 64G (AS MXC) 
• Application Services Modular Storage Card with 6.4 TB capacity (AS MSC) 

The AS MLC for MX Series routers supports high throughput for applications developed with Juniper Networks Media Flow Controller software. A Media Flow Controller application functions as a web-caching proxy server that processes HTTP traffic. HTTP requests are routed to the Media Flow Controller either explicitly for a domain (reverse proxy) or by redirecting traffic based on a policy (transparent proxy). Media Flow Controller software can operate in HTTP reverse proxy mode, HTTP transparent proxy mode, or mixed mode. 

In HTTP reverse proxy configurations, the service provider provides services to a set of domains (content providers) that buy content caching capability from the service provider. Clients connect to content providers through virtual IP (VIP) addresses. Service providers in the reverse proxy scenario generally deploy the routers with AS MLC hardware to honor service requests (such as caching) from the domain users.