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Date: Wed May 07 2003 - 12:05:31 CDT

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On Wed, 7 May 2003, Jacco Tunnissen wrote:

> However, a little bit more information about this thing would be better. For
> instance: a rename from kes.wirehub.nl to proxyscan.wirehub.nl, and a
> relevant URL in the HTTP Referer for more information about these scans.

Renaming the server is currently not an option. Anyway, proxy
testing does not involve referer fields at all. These tests are not
done by web browsers ...

> If you feel that the amount of scans is abusive, you should inform Wirehub
> about this, of course. Perhaps this thing needs some more finetuning.

Certainly not. It's as finely tuned as it can be. Finding open
proxies without portscans is impossible nowadays. Open proxies have
been found on close to 7,000 different ports ranging from 21 to
65531. We do stop scanning when an open proxy port has been found
(we use 10,000 port increments, looking for a result after every
increment), but a full scan will be done before the IP is declared
'clean' and then excluded for 3 months. If the full test cannot be
done, a weekly retest may occur (depending on whether there's a
trigger to start the test).

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=group:*abuse*+insubject:Additions/Deletions&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&selm=Pine.WNT.4.53.0305070802250.-228138505%40groaarrr.bengrimm.net&rnum=1

Sorry if this bothers people, but we all know how much damage open
proxies cause, and looking at stats of our own
(http://basic.wirehub.nl/spamstats.html) and reports from countless
ISPs using proxies.blackholes.wirehub.net, we say there's no gain
without some pain. The fact that we found 140,000 open proxies (and
we're still adding 1000-3000 every single day with no indication
that that number will decrease anytime soon) in just a few months
should prove that point.

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