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title: PingGateway as a forward proxy
description: Configure PingGateway as a forward proxy to regulate outbound traffic, and adapt and enrich requests to external services
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# PingGateway as a forward proxy

In contrast, PingGateway as a forward proxy is an intermediate connection point between an internal client and an external service. PingGateway regulates outbound traffic to the service, and can adapt and enrich requests. The following image illustrates PingGateway as a forward proxy:

![IG regulates traffic](_images/forwardproxy.svg)

PingGateway provides the following features as a forward proxy:

* Addition of authentication or authorization to the request

* Addition of tracer IDs to the requests

* Addition or removal of request headers or scopes