Introducing wsnic, a fresh take at the websockproxy server

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wsnic is a WebSocket to TAP device proxy server for linux intended as a fully compatible alternative to benjamincburns/websockproxy (and its derivates). The service provided is identical but it is implemented using different methods.

Benchmark comparison for a 374 MB download from a local HTTP server using curl (websockproxy is unthrottled):

Maximum throughput:

Proxy	Buildroot	Debian 12
websockproxy	909 kB/s	1,752 kB/s
wsnic	32,768 kB/s	15,360 kB/s

Under Buildroot, wsnic is around 36 times faster than websockproxy, and under Debian around 9 times faster.

Of course, these benchmarks vary widely from system to system, but they do provide reproducible results for each system.