Thank you Con,

I was able to make it work.

I noticed a couple of inconsistencies with README though:
1. 'make' did not produce 'ckproxy' binary for me, but 'make install' did
2. 'ckproxy.conf' should have 'btcaddress' property set up, otherwise it won't start. The 'ckproxy.conf' from git doesn't have it, which was a bit confusing unless you look at the code.

Anyway, thank you again for your great work! It's greatly appreciated!

Happy mining!