Proxy-Server

A simple proxy server written in C to practise socket programming.
It only handles GET request.

Build

 $ make
 $ make install

Proxy Server Usage (default port is 3000)

 $ proxy <port_no>

Helper programs ( installed along with proxy in make install )

 $ showip <host_name>                 => returns IPV4 or IPV6 of host.
 $ tcpclient <host_name> <port_no>    => sets up a tcp connection to the host

Learnings from this project

Socket Programming
Working of HTTP Protocol
Creating and handling child processes using fork, waitpid, sigaction etc.

Fork System Call
Zombie and Orphan Processes
Preventing Zombie Processes