ta pushing proxy</h3><p>As we continue to look for layers to remove, let us also reconsider the requirement of the proxy layer itself. There are times when the role of the proxy may degenerate into a plain data pusher:</p><ul><li>There may not be a need for any protocol decoding</li><li>The protocol may not be recognized by the proxy</li><li>The communication may be encrypted and the proxy cannot access relevant headers</li><li>The application (redis, memcached etc.) may be too latency-sensitive and cannot 