Go TCP Proxy / Port Forwarding Example (https://zupzup.org/go-port-forwarding/)

main.go

package main

import (
	"flag"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"log"
	"net"
	"os"
	"os/signal"
)

var (
	target string
	port   int
)

func init() {
	flag.StringVar(&target, "target", "", "the target (<host>:<port>)")
	flag.IntVar(&port, "port", 7757, "the tunnelthing port")
}

func main() {
	flag.Parse()

	signals := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
	stop := make(chan bool)
	signal.Notify(signals, os.Interrupt)
	go func() {
		for _ = range signals {
			fmt.Println("\nReceived an interrupt, stopping...")
			stop <- true
		}
	}()

	incoming, err := net.Listen("tcp", fmt.Sprintf(":%d", port))
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not start server on %d: %v", port, err)
	}
	fmt.Printf("server running on %d\n", port)

	client, err := incoming.Accept()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal("could not accept client connection", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()
	fmt.Printf("client '%v' connected!\n", client.RemoteAddr())

	target, err := net.Dial("tcp", target)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal("could not connect to target", err)
	}
	defer target.Close()
	fmt.Printf("connection to server %v established!\n", target.RemoteAddr())

	go func() { io.Copy(target, client) }()
	go func() { io.Copy(client, target) }()

	<-stop
}

hey @phanirithvij!

This very simple example for a blog post shouldn't be used for any real application, it's use is to show off some concepts.

The reason it doesn't work well is because it only accepts one connection (incoming.Accept), whereas the example you posted accepts in a loop and hence handles multiple connections. That's also why some files go through, and others don't in your test.