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Chrysalis · 21-09-2005, 11:03

Generally I have little problems with static content such as bbc and ntlworld.

Sites such as this site and any forums tend to fail every now and then under normal conditions and require a proxy cycle, on a bad day I have to repeatedly hit go, on rare occasions I can browse using automatic proxy for my area without having to cycle.

Specific problems which are not due to random failures are dnsreport.com who ban the proxies every now and then because of their flood protection and easynews. Also the dslreports.com tweak tester tests the proxy and not myself which is fairly annoying.

So my conclusion is that the proxies tend to fail more when its a negative cache hit, and if its a cacheable site they work fairly well. Its unfortunate many site's dont utilise x-forwaded-for for flood protection but thats down to the developer's for the software (apache etc.) rather then the webmaster's themselves.

21-09-2005, 11:03	#7
Chrysalis cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,050	Re: Who's affected by the NTL proxy issue with some websites not loading? Generally I have little problems with static content such as bbc and ntlworld. Sites such as this site and any forums tend to fail every now and then under normal conditions and require a proxy cycle, on a bad day I have to repeatedly hit go, on rare occasions I can browse using automatic proxy for my area without having to cycle. Specific problems which are not due to random failures are dnsreport.com who ban the proxies every now and then because of their flood protection and easynews. Also the dslreports.com tweak tester tests the proxy and not myself which is fairly annoying. So my conclusion is that the proxies tend to fail more when its a negative cache hit, and if its a cacheable site they work fairly well. Its unfortunate many site's dont utilise x-forwaded-for for flood protection but thats down to the developer's for the software (apache etc.) rather then the webmaster's themselves.