NAME

HTTPD::ADS::OpenProxyDetector - Determine if a ip address is an open proxy, log in database

SYNOPSIS

  use HTTPD::ADS::OpenProxyDetector

DESCRIPTION

This module uses LWP to test the supplied IP address to see if it will promiscuosly proxy on port 80. Caution: this can have false alarms if you are on a network where you are supposed to go through a proxy, such as AOL -- but are you supposed to be running a webserver on such a network ?

USAGE $test_result = HTTPD::ADS::OpenProxyDetector->test($ip);

BUGS

SUPPORT

AUTHOR

        Dana Hudes
        CPAN ID: DHUDES
        dhudes@hudes.org
        http://www.hudes.org

COPYRIGHT

This program is free software licensed under the...

        The General Public License (GPL)
        Version 2, June 1991

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

SEE ALSO

HTTPD::ADS, LWP, perl(1).

test

 Usage     : test($ip)
 Purpose   : tries to fetch a known web page via the supplied ip as proxy.
 Returns   : true (proxy fetch successful) or false (it failed to fetch)
 Argument  : IPv4
 Throws    : We should probably throw an exception if the ip address under test is unreachable
 Comments  : Not all open proxies or compromised hosts listen on port 80 and their are other means 
             than straightforward HTTP to communicate with zombies but this is a start.

See Also : HTTPD::ADS::AbuseNotify for sending complaints about validated proxies and other abuse.