<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hello,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">What is the best practice for these two situations:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">1. Compress text files, should I make the compression on the reverse proxy or on the backend server ?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">2. Deny access to specific files for example, files starting with a dot .file, should I write the rule on the reverse proxy or on the backend server ?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Regards<br></div></div></body></html>