PROXYPROTO
proxyproto is a lightweight library that helps aged programs deal with proxy-protocol. It supports both IPv4 and IPv6.
Works on Linux and macOS
Why?
There are many aged programs that dont support proxy-protocol (esp. closed source programs). When they are running behind a load-balancer or reserve proxy, it's hard to preserve source IP address.
How PROXYPROTO works?
proxyproto intercep the accept() proc, and waits for new imcoming connection and listens for proxy-protocol header from upstream proxy (ie HAProxy, NGINX..)
Once header read, proxyproto replace source ip w/ ip provided by upstream proxy.
Installation
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/ba0f3/proxyproto.nim.git proxyproto
cd proxyproto
nim c -d:release src/proxyproto
Usage
Use directly inside a nim program that accept incoming connections
import proxyproto
For existing programs, use LD_PRELOAD
$LD_PRELOAD=./src/libproxyproto.so nc -vkl -p 4444
[PROXY] initializing
[PROXY] hook accept OK
listening on [any] 4444 ...
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