Multi-threaded HTTP proxy server able to efficiently service multiple simultaneous browser connections.
On each new browser connection:
- Receives the headers from the client browser
- Sanitizes/filters the request URI
- Resolves host and establishes socket connections
- Streams response data back to browser
proxy <listen-port-no>
Set browser proxy settings to use the machine host name and proxy port.
# Release version
make
# Debug version with logging and tracing enabled
make debug| File | Description |
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| AddrInfo.cpp | Container to manage DNS entries |
| ClientConnection.cpp | Establishes and owns the client connection |
| HttpRequest.cpp | Parses request headers over a stream |
| HttpResponse.cpp | Generates HTTP error responses |
| HttpUri.cpp | Parses and sanitizes URIs |
| ListenConnection.cpp | Wrapper over POSIX sockets API |
| helpers.cpp | Miscellaneous helper methods |
| proxy.cpp | Main entry point of the proxy program |
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HTTP headers are parsed is IAW RFC-3986
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URI is parsed and decomposed into section IAW page 6 of RFC-3986:
- Scheme
- Authority
- Remaining relative path
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Authority is further parsed IAW page 18 of RFC-2986:
authority = [ userinfo "@" ] host [ ":" port ] -
Returns HTTP 500 Server Error to the user in case of invalid request or other errors.
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Response headers from requested URI are parsed and content is streamed until connection is terminated.