[proxyTools-users] using the proxyTools databse (was: Re: [noCensorship] Pretty green user )

[wayne <wa...@ny...>]

> From: rainman <ra...@ny...>
> To: noc...@fr...
> Subject: [noCensorship] Pretty green user 
> 
> Hi
> 
> I have some limited experience with Proxy Tools - but
> not used it of late

So you can run extractHosts (.pl or .exe)?
I'll assume it's the .pl files in the discussion below.
If it's not, then you're out of luck - I didn't make a 
extractHosts.exe in the binary distribution. Go to 
www.activestate.com to get perl, and then to proxytools.sf.net 
to get the perl source ('view all project files').

You posted anonymously, so I can't determine which country 
you are interested in. *If* it's one of the ones in the proxyTools 
database (firewalls.xml) then the approach below will work.
If not, then it will still be useful for extracting proxies on 
known open ports for your location - you just need to find the open 
ports first (use master.pl for that).

I'll use the UAE as an example.

> Please clarify the following 
> ------------------------------------------
> 
> - I am not sure if I am watched. So I do not wish to
> test proxies. Do you have a ready list of proxies that
> will work from within various countries ? 
> Say country -> proxy list 

perl extractHosts.pl uae.txt from=UAE-dialup isEnabled nonCensoring -addressPort=80$

will produce a list of proxies usable from the UAE-dialup 
subnets, which are enabled, non-censoring and not interfered with 
by the transparent proxies. The tags you can add there are listed in 
the help files. Another one you might want to use is 
'doesNotPassIPAddressThrough' which will further restrict the list 
to anonymous proxies.

> - If so where can I find this list - per country 
> 
> - How do I find out "..whether or not proxy tools is
> legal.." in a country ? Is there a list somewhere 

No country has determined it to be 'illegal', AFAIK. 
It's used quite a lot in the UAE, and there has never been any 
repercussions. The KSA would be a better place to ask about (where 
they are stricter), but I'm unable to reach most of the proxies 
there for testing, and noone there seems able to do it, so the 
database is out of date and localProxy only limps along. As a result, 
few people there use it (I think). No repercussions though.

> - URL for the latest release of proxytools

Start at proxytools.sf.net, go to the main project page. Then if 
you want a perl source distribution you need to 'view all project 
files' and pick the most recent one.

> sorry if these questions are stupid OR if I am 
> asking for too much
> 
> **further point the right direction if this is
> a wrong list**

ProxyTools support is at pro...@sf....
Proxy info is probably here, and other lists.

> Thanks in advance
> Regards
> 
> RM

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