# Proxies

Composable Agentic Platform is a very network centric product. As such there are a number of network level definitions that can be confusing - especially when it comes to the large number of potential proxies being involved. The following is a list of the terms used for various proxies within and used by the product.

## Web proxy

A web proxy is a proxy server that is installed as a performance optimizer or security feature between Composable Agentic Platform and the World Wide Web. Typically, this is a corporate proxy that Composable Agentic Platform must traverse to access services such as the update server, MaxMind, SMS services etc.

## Composable Agentic Platform built in proxy (forwarder)

The built in Composable Agentic Platform proxy, called Proxy Server in the console, is a forwarding proxy used to protect sites that are unable to take advantage of the inline filter *(e.g. all non-J2EE sites)*. It is also used to test Composable Agentic Platform rules against any site, without performing any installation. The latter is achieved using the built in browser proxy.

## Browser proxy

The browser proxy is a feature of the built in forwarding proxy. The browser proxy allows configuration of a proxy within browser settings and have the requests from that browser sent through the Composable Agentic Platform built in proxy. This provides a convenient method for testing rules against sites without installing any additional software.