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==Blocking==
Block the IP if you think that's appropriate. Make a note about how to confirm it in the block log or on its talk page. HTTP proxies are typically open for shorter periods of time. The usual causes are a misconfigured caching proxy, or a trojan/virus, and they get cleaned up eventually. HTTP proxies are also more likely to be dynamic IP addresses, typically home users. Web servers often stay static for years, and while the open proxies hosted on it may eventually
==Port scans==
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==Exit servers==
It is possible in some cases for HTTP proxies to edit from a different IP address than the one you connect to. This means that scans of the IP which makes the edits do not detect any open ports, while scans of the IP you connect to do not show what address it will use to edit (
==Duck test==
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