BasicProxy

Simple HTTP Web Proxy Server implemented using sockets in python, which is capable of filtering malware from reaching a user’s system. The proxy is capable of serving multiple concurrent requests. The proxy only supports the HTTP GET method.

Running the proxy server

python MalwareProxy/proxy.py <port>

Stop the server

Ctrl + C

Making a request using telnet absolute URLexample

telnet localhost <port>

Trying 127.0.0.1...

Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1).

Escape character is ’^]’.

GET http://www.cs.utah.edu/~kobus/simple.html HTTP/1.0 //->[Enter URL and press enter]

//->[In order to let the server know you're done entering input press enter again]

Making a request using telnet relative URL example

telnet localhost

Trying 127.0.0.1...

Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1).

Escape character is ’^]’.

GET /~kobus/simple.html HTTP/1.0 //-> [Press Enter]

Host: www.cs.utah.edu //-> [Press Enter] [Press Enter once more to let the server know you are finished]

Notes:

• The server will print out some stuff to the console letting the user know what's happening with the current process.