[Nottingham] apache or squid for proxying?

[Martin]

Mike Cardwell wrote:
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> Transparent web proxies have an inherant security flaw though... 
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> In essence, if you have a transparent web proxy, and you visit a website 
> with a Java app like I described, it can make http requests against any 
> website it likes, from your very own PC.

Rather interesting.

What do ISPs do to block that?

Wouldn't a simple firewall rule to block direct connects to the proxy IP 
address thwart such maliciousness?


Still, certainly a bit of nefariousness to look out for!

Cheers,
Martin

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