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For entry-level admins. What are the dangers of having an open proxy?

April 26, 2017admins dangers entry-level proxy

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For entry-level admins. What are the dangers of having an open proxy?

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• Security Risks Hackers will use an open proxy to hack other systems. This is a safe way for them to remain anonymous because they use your identity instead of their own. Many people will use a proxy just to hide requests they don’t want traced to them. • Bandwidth Increase Hackers not only use your identity, but also your bandwidth. Your bandwidth usage has direct impact on your Internet services costs. When a proxy server is left open for a long period of time, this could have an impact on your Internet Services bill. • You could get blacklisted In addition to the two risks above, if you proxy server is running the “Connect” method, abusers will use your server to send spam mail. Because of this, your server will be used by spammers even if you mail server’s relay is closed. Organizations will identify your server as a spam server and may add your server IP to their black list.