AcmeShield

A secured HTTP proxy that forwards requests from a remote service(Postman). This is a tool that will proxy simple HTTPS requests to an external HTTP endpoint (service in the image above)

Description

The HTTP proxy operates between the sending Web server and your receiving Web client. It processes the HTTP protocol line-by-line for any potentially harmful content before sending it to an internal Web client. It also acts as a buffer between your Web server and potentially harmful Web clients by enforcing HTTP RFC compliance and preventing potential buffer overflow.

Getting Started

Installing

• Make sure to have Go installed in your enviroment. Found at [https://go.dev/doc/install]
• Make sure to have Git installed on your enviroment. Found at [https://git-scm.com/downloads]
• Make sure to have cURL. Found at [https://curl.se]

• When git and golang are installed.
• From a Terminal application, run the following commad to install the application:

go install github.com/tavikano/acmeshield@latest

• This command downloads acmeshield and all of its dependencies, builds the program, and installs the binary in your $GOPATH/bin directory.

Dependencies

• *No external dependencies required.
• ** Acmeshield primarily uses Golang Standard Library. Found at [https://pkg.go.dev/std]

Executing program

1. Go to the GO binaries folder. (Linux and MacOS is /usr/local/go/bin by default, Windows is C:\Go\bin by default).
2. Using admin priviledges, run the binary: Linux/MacOS: sudo ./acmeshield Windows: acmeshield.exe.
3. Using BASH/ZSHELL termninal on a separate tab/window, run the following command:

curl ​http://localhost:8080/test

Customizations

Port Configuration

To configure the listening port, update line 11 of the acmeshield.go file to the desired port number.

Authors

Octavio Cano

Version History

• v1.0
  • Initial Release