🚀 Multi-Threaded Proxy Server

A high-performance, multi-threaded HTTP proxy server written in C++.
It efficiently handles concurrent client requests using a thread pool and performs request forwarding with caching support (optional).

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📌 Features

• ✅ Multi-threaded request handling using thread pool
• 🌐 Acts as a transparent proxy between client and server
• ⚡ Efficient socket-based communication
• 🔄 Modular and extensible code structure
• 🧪 Benchmarking tools included for performance analysis

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🧱 Project Structure

Multi-Threaded-Proxy-Server/

├── benchmark/ # Benchmarking tools (in progress)

├── include/ # Header files for core classes

├── src/ # Source code for proxy logic and utilities

├── main.cpp # Main entry point of the application

├── makefile # Makefile to build the project

└── README.md # Project documentation

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🧰 Tech Stack

• 🖥️ C++ (C++11 or later)
• 🧵 POSIX Threads (pthreads)
• 🔌 Berkeley Sockets API
• 🛠️ Make for build automation

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🛠️ Installation

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/get-akash/Multi-Threaded-Proxy-Server.git
cd Multi-Threaded-Proxy-Server

2. Build the Project

make

2. Running the Server

./proxy_server <cacheType: LRU/LFU> <cacheSize> <port>