[Gllug] how to check for a transparent proxy

Matthew Thompson matt at actuality.co.uk
Sun Dec 1 10:06:10 UTC 2002


On Sunday, December 1, 2002, at 04:23 AM, Xander D Harkness wrote:

> Pete Ryland wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 03:42:12AM +0000, Xander D Harkness wrote:
>>> Does anyone know how to test for a transparent proxy?
>> Go to http://pdr.me.uk/t.php and find the bit that says "REMOTE_ADDR" 
>> and if
>> that is your IP then there is no proxying, otherwise the external IP 
>> of your
>> proxy will be there.
>
> Thank you very much for your help. :-)
>
> I have no transparent proxy, I shall have to look elsewhere for the 
> problem.....

Try emptying your browsers' cache and if possible telling it not to use 
a cache. I use Chimera on OS X and there are settings you can change to 
disable the cache on that  -helps with diagnosing site issues.

M at t :o)


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