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ProxyAuth

A fast, secure and flexible authentication proxy written in Rust
🔐 HTTP/HTTPS • 🔄 Smart failover • ⚡ ChaCha20-Poly1305 + HMAC-SHA256 • configurable via YAML/JSON

Crate version Benchmark License

🌐 Overview

ProxyAuth is a high-performance authentication gateway and reverse proxy built in Rust.
It is designed to handle:

  • 🔑 Secure token-based authentication
  • 🕓 Dynamic expiration & rate limits
  • 🌍 Multi-backend failover with cooldowns
  • 📈 Real-time logging & stats

Why ProxyAuth?

  • Faster than NGINX with Lua
  • Safer than plain HAProxy
  • Easier to integrate in modern infrastructures

⚙️ Features

  • ✅ Token validation with HMAC
  • ✅ Failover with progressive cooldown
  • ✅ Benchmarked at 700,000 RPS on a Threadripper

📦 Quick Install

cargo install proxyauth

Or via install script:

curl -fsSL https://proxyauth.app/sh/install | bash

📄 Full documentation

🔬 Benchmark

Tested on AMD Threadripper 5995WX:

➡️ 📊 View full benchmark (v0.7.2)

📈 700,000 requests per second
🔐 TLS + ChaCha20-Poly1305 + HMAC-SHA256
⚙️ 64-thread CPU • 512GB RAM • NVMe SSD

🛡️ Security

  • ✅ ChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption
  • ✅ HMAC-SHA256 key derivation
  • ✅ Process isolation with dedicated system user (proxyauth)
  • ✅ Export cryptography configuration via GPG v6 sequoia-opengpg 2.0.0

✨ Contributing

  • 🤝 Contributions are welcome!
  • Open an issue or a pull request
  • Share the project and drop a ⭐ if you like it

🧠 Author

Made with ❤️ by @vBlackOut

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