diff --git a/examples/http/basic-proxy.js b/examples/http/basic-proxy.js
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+/*
+  basic-proxy.js: Basic example of proxying over HTTP
+
+  Copyright (c) 2010 Charlie Robbins, Mikeal Rogers, Fedor Indutny, & Marak Squires.
+
+  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+  a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+  "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+  without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+  distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+  permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+  the following conditions:
+
+  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+  included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+  EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+  MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+  NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+  LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+  OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+  WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+*/
+
+var util = require('util'),
+    colors = require('colors'),
+    http = require('http'),
+    httpProxy = require('../../lib/http-proxy');
+
+var welcome = [
+  '#    # ##### ##### #####        #####  #####   ####  #    # #   #',
+  '#    #   #     #   #    #       #    # #    # #    #  #  #   # # ',  
+  '######   #     #   #    # ##### #    # #    # #    #   ##     #  ',   
+  '#    #   #     #   #####        #####  #####  #    #   ##     #  ',   
+  '#    #   #     #   #            #      #   #  #    #  #  #    #  ',   
+  '#    #   #     #   #            #      #    #  ####  #    #   #  '
+].join('\n');
+
+util.puts(welcome.rainbow.bold);
+
+//
+// Basic Http Proxy Server
+//
+httpProxy.createServer({
+  target:'http://localhost:9000'
+}).listen(8000);
+
+//
+// Target Http Server
+//
+http.createServer(function (req, res) {
+  res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
+  res.write('request successfully proxied to: ' + req.url + '\n' + JSON.stringify(req.headers, true, 2));
+  res.end();
+}).listen(9000);
+
+util.puts('http proxy server'.blue + ' started '.green.bold + 'on port '.blue + '8000'.yellow);
+util.puts('http server '.blue + 'started '.green.bold + 'on port '.blue + '9000 '.yellow);
diff --git a/examples/http/concurrent-proxy.js b/examples/http/concurrent-proxy.js
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+/*
+  concurrent-proxy.js: check levelof concurrency through proxy.
+
+  Copyright (c) 2010 Charlie Robbins, Mikeal Rogers, Fedor Indutny, & Marak Squires.
+
+  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+  a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+  "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+  without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+  distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+  permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+  the following conditions:
+
+  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+  included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+  EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+  MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+  NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+  LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+  OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+  WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+*/
+
+var util = require('util'),
+    colors = require('colors'),
+    http = require('http'),
+    httpProxy = require('../../lib/http-proxy');
+
+//
+// Basic Http Proxy Server
+//
+httpProxy.createServer({
+  target:'http://localhost:9000'
+}).listen(8000);
+
+//
+// Target Http Server
+//
+// to check apparent problems with concurrent connections
+// make a server which only responds when there is a given nubmer on connections
+//
+
+
+var connections = [], 
+    go;
+
+http.createServer(function (req, res) {
+  connections.push(function () {
+    res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
+    res.write('request successfully proxied to: ' + req.url + '\n' + JSON.stringify(req.headers, true, 2));
+    res.end();
+  });
+  
+  process.stdout.write(connections.length + ', ');
+  
+  if (connections.length > 110 || go) {
+    go = true;
+    while (connections.length) {
+      connections.shift()();
+    }
+  }
+}).listen(9000);
+
+util.puts('http proxy server'.blue + ' started '.green.bold + 'on port '.blue + '8000'.yellow);
+util.puts('http server '.blue + 'started '.green.bold + 'on port '.blue + '9000 '.yellow);