diff --git a/core-java-net/.gitignore b/core-java-net/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..374c8bf907
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-net/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+*.class
+
+0.*
+
+#folders#
+/target
+/neoDb*
+/data
+/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes
+*/META-INF/*
+.resourceCache
+
+# Packaged files #
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.ear
+
+# Files generated by integration tests
+backup-pom.xml
+/bin/
+/temp
+
+#IntelliJ specific
+.idea/
+*.iml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java-net/README.md b/core-java-net/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7a142ea27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-net/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+=========
+
+## Core Java Net
diff --git a/core-java-net/pom.xml b/core-java-net/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28d5766a9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-net/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>core-java-net</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <name>core-java-net</name>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../parent-java</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <build>
+        <finalName>core-java-net</finalName>
+    </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/CommandLineProxyDemo.java b/core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/CommandLineProxyDemo.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/CommandLineProxyDemo.java
rename to core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/CommandLineProxyDemo.java
diff --git a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/DirectProxyDemo.java b/core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/DirectProxyDemo.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/DirectProxyDemo.java
rename to core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/DirectProxyDemo.java
diff --git a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/SocksProxyDemo.java b/core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/SocksProxyDemo.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/SocksProxyDemo.java
rename to core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/SocksProxyDemo.java
diff --git a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/SystemPropertyProxyDemo.java b/core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/SystemPropertyProxyDemo.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/SystemPropertyProxyDemo.java
rename to core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/SystemPropertyProxyDemo.java
diff --git a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/UrlConnectionUtils.java b/core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/UrlConnectionUtils.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/UrlConnectionUtils.java
rename to core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/UrlConnectionUtils.java
diff --git a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/WebProxyDemo.java b/core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/WebProxyDemo.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/WebProxyDemo.java
rename to core-java-net/src/main/java/com/baeldung/networking/proxies/WebProxyDemo.java
diff --git a/core-java-net/src/test/resources/.gitignore b/core-java-net/src/test/resources/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83c05e60c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-net/src/test/resources/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+*.class
+
+#folders#
+/target
+/neoDb*
+/data
+/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes
+*/META-INF/*
+
+# Packaged files #
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.ear
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6480193201..b5c61dff9d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -366,7 +366,8 @@
                 <!-- <module>core-java-concurrency</module> --> <!-- very long running? -->
                 <!-- <module>core-kotlin</module> --> <!-- long running? -->
                 <module>core-java</module>
-                
+                <module>core-java-net</module>
+
                 <module>dozer</module>
                 <module>disruptor</module>
                 <module>drools</module>
@@ -918,6 +919,7 @@
                 <!-- <module>core-java-concurrency</module> --> <!-- very long running? -->
                 <!-- <module>core-kotlin</module> --> <!-- long running? -->
                 <module>core-java</module>
+                <module>core-java-net</module>
                 
                 <module>dozer</module>
                 <module>disruptor</module>