Advanced Web Proxy Server

Problem Statement

Standard web requests can be slow due to network latency and server load. This project aimed to build a high-performance proxy server to accelerate web browsing by caching frequently accessed data and enhance security through rule-based content filtering.

Technologies Used

Process & Challenges

The core challenge was implementing a thread-safe caching system with a Time-To-Live (TTL) to ensure data freshness. Architecting the server to handle multiple concurrent connections using multi-threading required careful management of shared resources and locks to prevent race conditions.

What I Learned

Through this project, I mastered low-level networking concepts using Python's socket library. I also gained significant practical experience in concurrent programming, performance optimization, and building robust, scalable backend systems from scratch.