[svlug] BOPM

[Marc MERLIN]

On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 10:49:46AM -0800, Erik Fears wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>     Anyone interested in the monitoring and detection of Open Proxies
> (for spam traps, blacklists, etc), I've  written a tool (primarily for IRC
> but with the console interface it can be used for anything) named BOPM, or
> Blitzed Open Proxy Monitor.
> 
>     It includes the means to facilitate the detection of open proxied boxes
> (commonly used for spamming and DoS attacks). It also has the means
> to submit and interface with a DNSbl (blacklist) similar to similar to MAPS
> RBL+ or Visi RSL. I know quite a few ISPs are now using it for monitoring
> insecure proxies.

Is this on some web page somewhere?

Marc
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