[88982] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: AOL Megaproxies?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan March)
Mon Feb 27 19:08:07 2006
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:07:29 -0800
From: Nathan March <nathan@dragonmedia.ca>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0602271853390.29696@odyssey.billn.net>
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Did that and it seemed like they weren't proxying unknown traffic but
one test isn't really a good indication of how their entire system
works. Hoping to get a response from someone who actually knows their
network. :)
- Nathan
Bill Nash wrote:
>
> Nothing digging an AOL cd out of the trash wouldn't fix. =) I have a
> friend that works there, but he's unresponsive at the moment.
>
> - billn
>
> On Mon, 27 Feb 2006, Nathan March wrote:
>
>> Is anyone on this list familiar with the AOL "megaproxies"?
>>
>> I'm trying to find out if they only proxy HTTP/HTTPS traffic or if
>> it's all TCP connections. I'm working on setting up load balancers
>> for a client application and need to know if I can expect users to
>> keep coming from the same IP for the most part.
>>
>> Normally I'd think that they only proxy web connections, but some
>> links say otherwise:
>>
>> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/contnetw/ps792/products_qanda_item09186a00801aa6d1.shtml#q9
>> - Refers to TCP connections as a general topic, not just http/s.
>>
>> http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/bf3a1c95-f960-4ed3-b154-3586631fb0061033.mspx
>>
>> - Refers to the AOL proxies with "all TCP connections"
>>
>> Anyone have any experience with AOL in this regard?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nathan
>>
>
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<font size="-1"><font face="Verdana">Did that and it seemed like they
weren't proxying unknown traffic but one test isn't really a good
indication of how their entire system works. Hoping to get a response
from someone who actually knows their network. :)<br>
<br>
- Nathan</font></font><br>
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Bill Nash wrote:
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cite="midPine.LNX.4.64.0602271853390.29696@odyssey.billn.net"
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Nothing digging an AOL cd out of the trash wouldn't fix. =) I have a
friend that works there, but he's unresponsive at the moment.
<br>
<br>
- billn
<br>
<br>
On Mon, 27 Feb 2006, Nathan March wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Is anyone on this list familiar with the AOL
"megaproxies"?
<br>
<br>
I'm trying to find out if they only proxy HTTP/HTTPS traffic or if it's
all TCP connections. I'm working on setting up load balancers for a
client application and need to know if I can expect users to keep
coming from the same IP for the most part.
<br>
<br>
Normally I'd think that they only proxy web connections, but some links
say otherwise:
<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/contnetw/ps792/products_qanda_item09186a00801aa6d1.shtml#q9">http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/contnetw/ps792/products_qanda_item09186a00801aa6d1.shtml#q9</a>
- Refers to TCP connections as a general topic, not just http/s.
<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/bf3a1c95-f960-4ed3-b154-3586631fb0061033.mspx">http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/bf3a1c95-f960-4ed3-b154-3586631fb0061033.mspx</a>
<br>
- Refers to the AOL proxies with "all TCP connections"
<br>
<br>
Anyone have any experience with AOL in this regard?
<br>
<br>
Thanks,
<br>
Nathan
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