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One of the best not-so-well-known features of Apache httpd is its incredible capability as a Reverse Proxy server. Whether as a front end to application servers such as Tomcat and PMP-FPM, or as a caching server for static content, or as a robust load-balancer with dynamic configuration, or all, Apache httpd is not only feature rich but easily matches or surpasses the performance of other proxies.