2018-03-14
Try anything as an open webproxy
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It seems any open port can be tried as an open webproxy. An open webproxy is interesting for hiding tracks or getting around restrictions. But some of the scans are getting stupid. There are still a lot of other tcp-based services, not everything is HTTP. From recent logs:Mar 14 13:46:42 greenblatt nnrpd[20297]: 185.100.87.248 unrecognized GET / HTTP/1.0 Mar 14 13:46:47 greenblatt nnrpd[20299]: 185.100.87.248 unrecognized OPTIONS / HTTP/1.0 Mar 14 13:46:52 greenblatt nnrpd[20301]: 185.100.87.248 unrecognized OPTIONS / RTSP/1.0And this gem of distributed scanning:Mar 8 08:45:00 greenblatt sm-mta[6355]: w287j0dE006355: 78.84.202.1.static.bjtelecom.net: probable open proxy: command=GET http://www.boxun.com/ HTTP/1.1\r\n Mar 8 08:45:00 greenblatt sm-mta[6359]: w287j0V0006359: [14.204.118.100]: probable open proxy: command=GET http://www.minghui.org/ HTTP/1.1\r\n Mar 8 08:45:00 greenblatt sm-mta[6360]: w287j0lM006360: [14.204.94.84]: probable open proxy: command=GET http://www.rfa.org/ HTTP/1.1\r\n Mar 8 08:45:04 greenblatt sm-mta[6353]: w287j4lq006353: [110.177.75.38]: probable open proxy: command=GET http://www.baidu.com/ HTTP/1.1\r\n Mar 8 08:45:04 greenblatt sm-mta[6356]: w287j4io006356: [101.249.104.160]: probable open proxy: command=GET http://www.bing.com/ HTTP/1.1\r\n Mar 8 08:45:04 greenblatt sm-mta[6357]: w287j4h0006357: [119.118.16.42]: probable open proxy: command=GET http://wujieliulan.com/ HTTP/1.1\r\n Mar 8 08:45:05 greenblatt sm-mta[6358]: w287j5pu006358: [112.66.106.4]: probable open proxy: command=CONNECT www.voanews.com:443 HTTP/1.0\r\n Mar 8 08:45:05 greenblatt sm-mta[6354]: w287j5bt006354: 36.49.239.221.broad.tj.tj.dynamic.163data.com.cn [221.239.49.36] (may be forged): probable open proxy: command=GET http://www.123cha.com/ HTTP/1.1\r\nInteresting timing and coordination on this one, looks like some form of central control was involved.