diff --git a/net/sockshandler.go b/net/sockshandler.go
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+++ b/net/sockshandler.go
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+package net
+
+import (
+	"net"
+)
+
+// SocksServer is a SOCKS 5 proxy server
+type SocksServer struct {
+	accepting bool
+}
+
+func (server *SocksServer) Listen(port uint8) error {
+	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", ":"+string(port))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	server.accepting = true
+	go server.AcceptConns(listener)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (server *SocksServer) AcceptConnections(listener net.Listener) error {
+	for server.accepting {
+		connection, err := listener.Accept()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		go server.HandleConnection(connection)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (server *SocksServer) HandleConnection(connection *net.Conn) error {
+	return nil
+}