The C++ TCP Proxy server is a simple utility using the ASIO
networking library, for proxying connections from external clients to a specific server. The TCP
Proxy server can be used to easily and efficiently:
Limit the number of client connections to the server
Load balance client connections between multiple server instances
Provide IP or connection time based filtering and access control mechanisms
Example Use-Case (Simple Proxy Server)
A simple scenario is as follows: There exists a server at 192.168.0.100 that accepts
connections on port 20000, however due to firewall rules external clients can only
access a host at 192.168.20.200 on port 8080 (eth0), which coincidentally has access
to the 192.168.0 network segment via a second NIC (eth1). A solution for allowing the
external clients access to the server is to run the TCP proxy server on the host at
192.168.0.200 with the following configuration:
