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NAME

       micro_proxy - really small HTTP/HTTPS proxy

SYNOPSIS

       micro_proxy

DESCRIPTION

       micro_proxy  is  a  very  small  HTTP/HTTPS proxy.  It runs from inetd,
       which means its performance is poor.  But for low-traffic  sites,  it’s
       quite  adequate.  It implements all the basic features of an HTTP/HTTPS
       proxy, in only 260 lines of code.

       To install it, add a line like this to /etc/inetd.conf:
           webproxy  stream tcp nowait nobody  /usr/sbin/micro_proxy micro_proxy
       Make sure the path to the executable is correct.  Then add a line  like
       this to /etc/services:
           webproxy   port/tcp
       Change  "port"  to the port number you want to use - 3128, or whatever.
       Then restart inetd by sending it a "HUP" signal, or rebooting.

       On some systems, inetd has a maximum spawn rate - if  you  try  to  run
       inetd  services  faster  than  a certain number of times per minute, it
       assumed there’s either a bug of an attack going on and  it  shuts  down
       for  a  few  minutes.   If  you run into this problem - look for syslog
       messages about too-rapid looping - you’ll  need  to  find  out  how  to
       increase  the  limit.   Unfortunately  this  varies  from OS to OS.  On
       FreeBSD, you add a "-R 10000" flag to inetd’s initial command line.  On
       some  Linux  systems,  you  can set the limit on a per-service basis in
       inetd.conf, by changing "nowait" to "nowait.10000".

AUTHOR

       Copyright (C) 1999 by Jef  Poskanzer  <jef@mail.acme.com>.  All  rights
       reserved.

                                 16 March 1999                  micro_proxy(8)