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melevittfl · 22-01-2005, 05:52

I suspect they can find the client IP, but they assume a proxy server with a large number of users, some of whom are misbehaving, may be an open proxy.

So, being unable to distinguish between an open proxy and a transparent proxy of a large ISP, they take the easy route.

22-01-2005, 05:52	#7
melevittfl Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 96	Re: Slashdot.org blocking Winnersh proxy server I suspect they can find the client IP, but they assume a proxy server with a large number of users, some of whom are misbehaving, may be an open proxy. So, being unable to distinguish between an open proxy and a transparent proxy of a large ISP, they take the easy route.