MPROXY: Multicast Network Dispatcher and Proxy

Streams files and raw socket data over the network. Includes client, proxy, reverse-proxy, and server applications, as well as a library API. Provides a complete network stack using UDP Multicast as an intermediate route, enabling scalable stream multiplexing and aggregate feeds.

Compatible with

Install Binary

cargo install mproxy-client cargo install mproxy-proxy cargo install mproxy-reverseproxy cargo install mproxy-server

Using MPROXY as a library

Include in Cargo.toml: [dependencies] mproxy-client = "0.1.0" mproxy-proxy = "0.1.0" mproxy-reverseproxy = "0.1.0" mproxy-server = "0.1.0"

Command Line Interface

Client

``` MPROXY: UDP Client

Stream local data to logging servers via UDP

USAGE: mproxy-client [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] ...

OPTIONS: --path [FILE_DESCRIPTOR] Filepath, descriptor, or handle. Use "-" for stdin --server-addr [HOSTNAME:PORT] Downstream UDP server address. May be repeated

FLAGS: -h, --help Prints help information -t, --tee Copy input to stdout

EXAMPLE: mproxy-client --path /dev/random --server-addr '127.0.0.1:9920' --server-addr '[::1]:9921' mproxy-client --path - --server-addr '224.0.0.1:9922' --server-addr '[ff02::1]:9923' --tee >> logfile.log ```

Proxy

``` MPROXY: Proxy

Forward TCP, UDP, or Multicast endpoints to a downstream UDP socket address.

USAGE: mproxy-proxy [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]

OPTIONS: --udp-listen-addr [HOSTNAME:PORT] UDP listening socket address. May be repeated --udp-downstream-addr [HOSTNAME:PORT] UDP downstream socket address. May be repeated --tcp-connect-addr [HOSTNAME:PORT] Connect to TCP host, forwarding stream. May be repeated

FLAGS: -h, --help Prints help information -t, --tee Copy input to stdout

EXAMPLE: mproxy-proxy --udp-listen-addr '0.0.0.0:9920' \ --udp-downstream-addr '[::1]:9921' \ --udp-downstream-addr 'localhost:9922' \ --tcp-connect-addr 'localhost:9925' \ --tee ```

Reverse-Proxy

``` MPROXY: Reverse-proxy

Forward upstream TCP and/or UDP endpoints to downstream listeners. Messages are routed via UDP multicast to downstream sender threads. Spawns one thread per listener.

USAGE: mproxy-reverseproxy [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]

OPTIONS: --udp-listen-addr [HOSTNAME:PORT] Spawn a UDP socket listener, and forward to --multicast-addr --tcplistenaddr [HOSTNAME:PORT] Reverse-proxy accepting TCP connections and forwarding to --multicast-addr --multicast-addr [MULTICASTIP:PORT] Defaults to '[ff02::1]:9918' --tcp-output-addr [HOSTNAME:PORT] Forward packets from --multicast-addr to TCP downstream --udpoutput_addr [HOSTNAME:PORT] Forward packets from --multicast-addr to UDP downstream

FLAGS: -h, --help Prints help information -t, --tee Print UDP input to stdout

EXAMPLE: reverse_proxy --udp-listen-addr '0.0.0.0:9920' --tcp-output-addr '[::1]:9921' --multicast-addr '224.0.0.1:9922' ```

Server

``` MPROXY: UDP Server

Listen for incoming UDP messages and log to file.

USAGE: mproxy-server [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] ...

OPTIONS: --path [FILEDESCRIPTOR] Filepath, descriptor, or handle. --listen-addr [SOCKETADDR] Upstream UDP listening address. May be repeated

FLAGS: -h, --help Prints help information -t, --tee Copy input to stdout

EXAMPLE: mproxy-server --path logfile.log --listen-addr '127.0.0.1:9920' --listen-addr '[::1]:9921' ```

Motivation

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