Pound
Lightweight reverse proxy and HTTPS load balancer
Pound is a small reverse proxy and load balancer that terminates HTTPS and distributes requests across backend web servers. It is intended to be simple, secure, and easy to audit.
Key features
- HTTPS termination
- Backend load balancing
- Session stickiness
- Small auditable codebase
Pros & cons
Strengths
- Tiny and simple
- Easy to secure
Trade-offs
- Limited features
- Minimal community
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