fix(smartproxy): Correct NFTables forwarding handling to avoid premature connection termination and add comprehensive tests

test/test.port-forwarding-fix.ts

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+import { expect, tap } from '@git.zone/tapbundle';
+import * as net from 'net';
+import { SmartProxy } from '../ts/proxies/smart-proxy/smart-proxy.js';
+
+tap.test('Port forwarding should not immediately close connections', async () => {
+  // Create an echo server
+  const echoServer = net.createServer((socket) => {
+    socket.on('data', (data) => {
+      socket.write(`ECHO: ${data}`);
+    });
+  });
+
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    echoServer.listen(8888, () => resolve());
+  });
+
+  // Create proxy with forwarding route
+  const proxy = new SmartProxy({
+    routes: [{
+      id: 'test',
+      match: { port: 9999 },
+      action: {
+        type: 'forward',
+        target: { host: 'localhost', port: 8888 }
+      }
+    }]
+  });
+
+  await proxy.start();
+
+  // Test connection through proxy
+  const client = net.createConnection(9999, 'localhost');
+  
+  const result = await new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
+    client.on('data', (data) => {
+      resolve(data.toString());
+    });
+    
+    client.on('error', reject);
+    
+    client.write('Hello');
+  });
+
+  expect(result).toEqual('ECHO: Hello');
+  
+  client.end();
+  await proxy.stop();
+  echoServer.close();
+});
+
+tap.test('TLS passthrough should work correctly', async () => {
+  // Create proxy with TLS passthrough
+  const proxy = new SmartProxy({
+    routes: [{
+      id: 'tls-test', 
+      match: { port: 8443, domain: 'test.example.com' },
+      action: {
+        type: 'forward',
+        tls: { mode: 'passthrough' },
+        target: { host: 'localhost', port: 443 }
+      }
+    }]
+  });
+
+  await proxy.start();
+
+  // For now just verify the proxy starts correctly with TLS passthrough route
+  expect(proxy).toBeDefined();
+
+  await proxy.stop();
+});
+
+export default tap.start();