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Question

Exhibits

Options

• AIt handles traffic from a known local device to provide access to an unknown remote device.
• BIt serves requests from a local resource to a remote device via VPN.
• CIt encrypts traffic that has destination collaboration end devices or active end users.
• DIt handles traffic from unknown remote devices to provide access to a known local device.

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  6% (2)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  89% (31)

Explanation

Option D is correct because a reverse proxy sits at the edge of a network and accepts requests from external, unknown clients (employees, customers, anywhere on the internet) and forwards them to a known internal server - in this case, the private cloud file storage. This is exactly what enables both inside and outside network access to a single, protected backend resource.

Why the distractors fail:

• A describes a forward proxy, which serves known internal users trying to reach unknown external destinations - the opposite direction.
• B describes a VPN tunnel, which creates an encrypted point-to-point connection, not a proxy that brokers requests on behalf of many clients.
• C partially describes TLS termination, which a reverse proxy can do, but encrypting traffic is not its defining role - and the description doesn't capture the traffic-routing function at all.

Memory tip: Think of the word reverse literally - a forward proxy sends your traffic out to the internet; a reverse proxy sends the internet's traffic in to your server. If unknown outsiders are reaching a known internal resource, it's a reverse proxy.

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