On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 12:16:46AM -0500, Dante Mercurio wrote: > squid proxy defaults to port 3128 > For a searchable port list try the one on my site: > http://www.ccgsecurity.com > > The are probably scaning for open proxies in order to surf anonymously > off you, or looking for an exploit. One recent one can be found here: > http://www.security-focus.com/cgi-bin/vulns-item.pl?section=discussion&i > d=3495 > There are also people scanning for open ones they can use to cheat pay per click banner companies, I discovered this a couple of weeks ago when I found a squid proxy that had been installed, but never used, was suddenly seeing a lot of traffic loading only banner ads, but without loading the pages the ads were contained in.
-- Jason Kohles [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior System Architect (703)786-8036 (cellular) Red Hat Professional Consulting (703)456-2940 (office)
