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Spec sheet

Purpose
SNI Proxy routes incoming HTTP and TLS connections using the hostname in the initial request of a TCP session.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
Platforms
The README documents Debian or Ubuntu and Fedora or Red Hat packaging, plus best-effort macOS builds; macOS is not a primary target platform.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
Support
The maintainer says they will monitor issues and email requests, but users should not expect a response unless the issue is a significant security or reliability problem.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
License
The repository identifies its license as BSD-2-Clause.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
Configuration
Host routing tables can match exact hostnames or regular expressions, and can use a fallback server when the initial request has no hostname.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
DNS requirement
Hostname and wildcard configuration entries require a build with UDNS; those features are unavailable without it.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
DNS security note
The README recommends a local caching DNS resolver with UDNS because its single UDP socket makes queries relatively easy to spoof.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
HTTPS routing
It supports name-based HTTPS proxying without decrypting traffic and requires no keys or certificates on the proxy machine.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
Listeners
A single instance can use multiple listening sockets.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
Network support
It supports IPv4, IPv6, and Unix domain sockets for backend servers and listeners.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
Project status
The maintainer marked the project deprecated on 2023-12-13, citing newer alternatives and limitations with HTTP/2 and HTTP/3.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
Protocols
It supports TLS and HTTP, but the maintainer says it does not support HTTP/2 hostname multiplexing or HTTP/3 over QUIC.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
Proxy protocol
It supports the HAProxy proxy protocol to pass the original source address to backend servers.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

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SNI Proxy Free Open-source software · BSD-2-Clause license Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

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