On 11/10/2013 08:15 PM, Aaron Hopkins wrote: > On Sun, 10 Nov 2013, Claudio wrote: > >> Host: 66.180.193.219 (tor-proxy.die.net) Ports: >> 8118/open/tcp//privoxy/// > > Want to make HTTP requests through these ports and see who will actually > proxy content for you? > > If you try making a request through this port on tor-proxy.die.net, it > won't > proxy but rather will take as long as possible to send you a bogus 10 meg > reply, acting as what is known as a "tarpit". > > In September, I sent a note privately to the contacts of the other 19 Tor > nodes that had an open 8118 port, and 5 or so fixed their configs. A few > more replied saying that they had all ports open intentionally but weren't > really passing traffic.
You're right, just a few actually do proxy. With a few seconds timeout only 162.243.5.88 and 78.47.41.125 do to me at the moment. Just out of curiosity, what would be the reason for leaving such port open but inactive? Thanks, /nex _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
