_______________________________________________________________________________ Re: proxy hunter Posted by AnonyMouse on March 14, 1999 : Watching Them Watching Us, : Thanks for your well reasoned and informative posts and work. : A word to the wise and one well worth noting. In the strange : times we live in, even the most innocent port scan can be : interpreted as hostile activity and the military, government, : and multinational corporations are not noted for their : kindness and belief in innocence until proven guilty. For : those who feel they _are_ in a position to use Proxy Hunter, : let me address Nimitz's initial question directly. : There _is_ a 160kb zipped help file downloadable from : http://www.netease.com/~windzh/software/proxyht/help.zip , : but I've never been able to get it and I've tried several times; : I think the file is simply corrupt and only the first 80kb : downloads. Still, the basic operation of Proxy Hunter isn't : really all that complicated, and it sure beats the heck out of : pinging hosts the way I used to. : You can download the latest version, Proxy Hunter 2.80, from : http://www.netease.com/~windzh/software/proxyht/proxyht280.exe . : This is a version newer than the one available at Proxys4All, : although I'm sure p4all will make it available on the Tools Page : soon. Download it, scan it for viruses, and install it the same way : you do any other piece of software. Run it and read the warning : _carefully_ before you do anything else. Click OK and the main : screen will come up. First notice two frames at the top. : The left frame is "IP Range" with two boxes for entering the IP : you want to start your search at and the IP you want to search : to. Remember that IP numbers go from 0 through 255, so : there is a huge amount of potential territory to cover. Where : would be a good place to start? Anywhere... but I've spent most : of my time between 190.0.0.0 and 211.0.0.0. and I know there are : plenty of rich finds there. Are there richer fields? You look : and tell me... As an example, let's say you enter 192.96.10.0 as : your starting point and 192.96.20.0 as your ending point, that's : 2550 possible IPs. (And please pick another range; let's not all : scan the same IPs to death, just duplicate each others' results, : and irritate the people who live there!) Once you've selected the : range that interests you, click on the "Add IP" button and the : numbers should appear in the box just below where you entered them. : To the right of the "IP Range" frame is one for "Port Range". : You are given the option of scanning a range of ports for either : HTTP or FTP protocols. If you're looking for anonymous proxies : to web surf with, the most common are at ports 80, 3128, and 8080. : Yes, some anonymous HTTP proxies are at ports like 800, 1024, : 1174, 1234, 3000, 3030, 3333, 7080, 8000, 8888, 9000, 9200, 9003, : 9669, 10080, and lots of other goofy port numbers, but your best : bets (by far) are at 80, 3128, and 8080, so set the port range : at 80 -> 80 HTTP and click on the "Add Port" button. Do the same : for 3128 -> 3128 HTTP and 8080 -> 8080 HTTP. Your three selections : will all appear in the box just below where you entered them. (If you're : interested in socks proxies, use port 1080. For ftp proxies, use the FTP : protocol option. You've got the idea...) : At the middle of the display are a series of buttons: Start, : Settings, Help, About, and Exit. Hit the "Start" button to begin : your scan. Later you can play with the Settings, but the defaults : are just fine for finding the kind of fast, free anonymous proxies : you're looking for. The "Help" button takes you to the Proxy Hunter : homepage, but unless you read Chinese you're SOL. "About" and : "Exit" are pretty obvious. : With any luck, shortly after you begin your scan, some information : will start appearing in the bottom box, under the headings IP Address, : Port, Type, and Status. These are the "hits" you've scored! The : IP Address and Ports are familiar to you if you've ever done anything : with proxies before. "Type" will be HTTP, the protocol you had selected. : Status can be "no keywords", "free", "not free", or "not proxy". : If you want anonymous proxies, you will only be interested in those : labeled "free". If speed is a concern, noticed those "free" proxies : are labeled with a speed rating, with the smaller times being the fastest. : Some proxies will "Time Out" for Status, possibly being "free" but : too slow to tell, at least right now. You might want to save them to : check out later; if they time out then, too, forget 'em, you'll find : plenty that are probably _much_ better anyway. : When your scan is over (or you interrupt it with the "Stop" button), : probably the only ones you are interested in are the ones that are : "free". You can click on the "Del Waste" button to get rid of the others. : Now click the "Copy" button to save all the proxy IPs and ports : to your Clipboard. Open your favorite word processor (NotePad, : WordPerfect, or whatever) and Paste the results in. Viola! A list : of proxies to test. Save your list. Click the "Clear" button on the : bottom right of Proxy Hunter to clean out your Results and you're ready : to press the "Exit" button; alternately you can press the "Save" button : and later resume from where you left off. : Proxy Hunter has done its job and now it's time to test the proxies on : your list. As always, you can enter each one at a time into your browser : as the HTTP proxy and go to one of the ENV test pages listed on the : Proxys4All Tool Page and see if the proxy really does conceal your info. : Most of the time, the ENV test page will also resolve the IP into a Domain : Name, a useful tool for sorting proxies, eliminating duplicates, etc. If : the ENV test page doesn't resolve the IP Address and you would like to : find the Domain Name, use an nslookup page on the web or use any of several : pieces of software that will query the nslookup services for you. A few : nslookup gateways for you to start with are at: : http://www.dooki.com/cgi-bin/nslookup.cgi : http://www.harold.com/toys/nslookup.shtml : http://http.demon.net/external/ntools.html (the DNS Data form at the bottom)* : but there are lots of others, too. : That's really all there is to the basic operation of Proxy Hunter 2.80! : If, perish forbid, Proxys4All ceased to exist, you now know how to locate : proxies by yourself. To test them, use an ENV test page; you can find all : you'll ever need by searching AltaVista for url:env.cgi . To resolve IPs : into Domain Names (if you want to), use an nslookup service; you can find : all you'll ever need by doing an AltaVista search for url:nslookup . : When you've got a list of working anonymous proxies, just remember that it's : nice to share ;) and submit them to Proxys4All or post 'em on the Board! : For those who feel they are _not_ in a position to scan for proxies, use the : search and sift techniques I've described in earlier posts and you'll do fine. : Good surfing! : AnonyMouse : *This site also has forms for many other tools you might find useful, Nimitz. _______________________________________________________________________________