When I was a teenager I wrote generic proxy in Borland C++ Builder. I say generic because it was not protocol specific, at the time I called it a "bridge". I ha

When I was a teenager I wrote generic proxy in Borland C++ Builder. I say generic because it was not protocol specific, at the time I called it a "bridge". I had lots of fun convincing 'friends' to try my "own IRC server" and watch they interact with other people. These days I think it would be a simple matter of using tee and netcat, but it was fun at the time. It is a shame getting a "real ip" is such a hassle nowadays.