Implementing a simple transparent proxy with filtering

Hello,

My question is mainly about networks.
I wan to implement a simple transparent proxy in C, which will filter the browsed sites according to URL blacklist (check before sending the HTTP request) and keywords in content (check the <meta> in the HTML that was responded).
How can I do this? Listen in a local socket (ex. 8080), set the proxy in my browser and according to the requests that the browser sends to me open a socket with the server, forward the browser's request to the server and forward the server's response to the browser? (Of course by applying filters in the stages where needed)

I would be glad if you could give me some example code to understand it and have something to start with.

Thank you!

Is there something missing from this?
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=simple+c+proxy+server

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Originally Posted by Salem

Is there something missing from this?
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=simple+c+proxy+server

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My bad. I didn't mention that I did my homework and googled but I found nothing interesting than the micro_proxy, which is not a very good example. It's undocumented, written in '99 and does not support POST/TRACE etc. and does not answer to my question.
Also I think I need a transparent proxy, am I right?
I don't have to parse all the request data and process them, I just want the server address/ip and then forward them. No hassle with GET/POST/etc.

So you changed your mind between your second and first post on what you need.
Please post again when you are finished changing your mind.

Edit: Your second post implies to me that you need an DNS with a way to whitelist and blacklist sites.

Tim S.

I fail to see what changed from the first to the second post...

Hm, a DNS is a good solution too!
But will I be able to check the content of the webpages?

After giving some thought to DNS, I think it can work.
I can check the content of the asked URL and then approve it, or block it and cache it to a database, so that the timings are not too bad.

My problem is how can I block an ip, if I find that the page is bad (the program will run on windows)?
Also, I will not be able to check IP addresses that I have not blocked.
So, if someone navigates to a webpage with its IP for the first time, he will pass.

I suggest looking at IP filtering and see if any results are good.

FYI: You do know that a single IP address can be used for hundreds of web-sites.
If you block by IP you could be blocking more than one web-site per IP address.

Tim S.

I want to create something on my own. I don't really need it, but it would be nice to have it. The main purpose is to test my skills in C.

Oh, I haven't thought of it. You're right.
Too many problems... :/