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+/**
+ * This is a proxy proto server that prepends proxy proto header to a new
+ * connection and forwards it to the upstream server.
+ */
+
+import net from "net";
+import proxyProtocol from "proxy-protocol-js";
+
+const CLIENT_PORT = 20000;
+const UPSTREAM_PORT = 10000;
+
+const src = new proxyProtocol.Peer("localhost", CLIENT_PORT);
+const dst = new proxyProtocol.Peer("localhost", UPSTREAM_PORT);
+const protocolText = new proxyProtocol.V1ProxyProtocol(
+  proxyProtocol.INETProtocol.TCP4,
+  src,
+  dst
+).build();
+console.log(protocolText); // => PROXY TCP4 127.0.0.1 192.0.2.1 12345 54321\r\n
+
+const server = net
+  .createServer(serveConnection)
+  .listen(CLIENT_PORT, () => console.log(server.address()));
+
+function serveConnection(clientSocket) {
+  const upSocket = net.connect(
+    {
+      host: "localhost",
+      port: UPSTREAM_PORT,
+      // servername: "dns.rethinkdns.localhost",
+    },
+    () => {
+      console.log("connected to up");
+      if (!upSocket.destroyed)
+        upSocket.write(Buffer.from(protocolText, "ascii"));
+
+      clientSocket.pipe(upSocket);
+      upSocket.pipe(clientSocket);
+    }
+  );
+
+  upSocket.on("error", (err) => {
+    console.log("upSocket error", err);
+    clientSocket.end();
+  });
+
+  clientSocket.on("error", (err) => {
+    console.log("client socket error", err);
+    upSocket.destroy();
+  });
+}