Google your IP and you'll see which Open Proxy lists it's on. Happened to us too once. :-)
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 7:33 AM, Tom DeReggi <[email protected]>wrote: > Wow, good find, sounds like something other unsuspecting Mikroik users > might > run in to. > > So where was all the web proxy data comming from? Was it all random > external > connections from the Internet? > One moral to the story is turn of web proxy, but..... > are there best practices (firewalling, session limits, etc) for effectively > using web proxies, to prevent that? > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 9:17 AM > Subject: [WISPA] Who left the web proxy open? > > > > For the past month I've been noticing the bandwidth on one of our > > upstreams going through the roof. > > When doing the math for each tower location, it added up to far less > > than the bandwidth through > > our upstream providers. > > > > So, ran Mikrotik Torch and what do you know.... it was all web proxy > > traffic. Sure enough the > > web proxy was turned on and wide open in the Mikrotik router. This > > router had the biggest > > drop in traffic but the others had similar drops due to BGP. > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
