Backconnect proxy
A single gateway address that transparently routes each request through a different address in the provider's pool.
A backconnect proxy gives you one endpoint that resolves to many addresses behind it. You configure one host and port; the provider maps each connection onto a different member of the pool.
#Why it is built this way
Managing thousands of individual addresses in client code is impractical: they change, they fail, and they need health checks. A backconnect gateway moves all of that to the provider. Your configuration stays a single line even as the pool underneath changes continuously.
#Practical consequences
- Your firewall rules and connection settings reference one host, not thousands.
- You cannot choose a specific exit address directly — you express intent through parameters such as country or session identifier.
- The gateway’s own location is not the exit location.
Nearly all modern residential and mobile services are backconnect. Per-address lists are now mostly a datacenter and ISP arrangement.