memory leak or saving of all proxied data

[Peter Cordes]

I just wanted a simple proxy, so I ran
tcpwatch-httpproxy -p 10.0.0.19:8080 -s > /dev/null

(On a machine that also has a real IP)

Then I started some downloads running from another computer, and later noticed tcpwatch-httpproxy was using 1.6GB of RAM. That might be the full amount of data I transfered through it, with http.

ps aux | grep tcpwatch-http
peter 24578 2.6 42.2 1749872 1711508 pts/1 S+ 06:59 17:37 python /usr/bin/tcpwatch-httpproxy -p 10.0.0.19:8080 -s

I later found tinyproxy, and plan to use that in future, since it's better suited for the task.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: tcpwatch-httpproxy 1.3b-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-33.44-generic 3.16.7-ckt7
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-33-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sun Mar 29 17:06:47 2015
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/tcpwatch-httpproxy
InstallationDate: Installed on 2009-12-14 (1931 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: tcpwatch-httpproxy
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2015-02-04 (53 days ago)