[SpamCop-Geeks] Re: How do open proxies work ?

[Chris H.]

Godwin Stewart wrote:

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> 
> Commonly used ports for access to the proxy are 80, 81, 8080, 3128 and a few
> others I can't think of right now.
> 
> There are indeed another protocols involved whereby the client (spammer)
> directs the raped proxy to connect to another host's port 25. HTTP is one,
> there's also socks4 and socks5.
> 
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At least with an HTTP proxy, can't you get the 'real' ip by having the 
web page on a secure server?

For example, if Julian would put the web page that is used to post to 
the newsgroup on a secure server, wouldn't it post the real IP whether 
they are using a proxy or not and probably unbeknownst to the person 
using the proxy?

Chris