Building a Simple HTTP Proxy Server in C on Linux

This article demonstrates how to implement a basic HTTP proxy server using C language socket programming and process management on Linux. The implementation supports the GET method of the HTTP 1.0 protocol. The proxy listens on a user-specified port, which can be configured at startup by running ./proxy <port> in the terminal. Architectur ...

Posted on Tue, 12 May 2026 19:12:26 +0000 by markduce