Internet Protocol specs *forbid* Transparent Proxying?

[Tunasashimi]

SAIX PROXIES MOST EVERY WEB REQUEST I HAVE SEEN!

(http://web.forret.com/tools/whatsmyip.asp?format=html&mode=all)

This is obviously to save on bandwidth - but it's not nearly fair to force you to use their proxy. Is it?

I just read somewhere that some internet spec prohibits transparent proxying by ISPs. I have googled for 30 minutes, checked out rfc 792 and a few others, but didn't come up with any proof to this claim.

Questions:

Is there any way to gain access to the SAIX proxy stats?
Won't anyone post more details: Such as
What are their proxies running on?
How much bandwidth passes thru?
What are their IP addresses? (198.54.202.5... )
How much space is cached?

 

[Tunasashimi]

SAIX proxy stats, anyone? Come on, you disgruntled TELKOM ADSL support techies........ DIVULGE

 

[die]

They run Netapp Netcache
The UCT cache system holds 1.5gig(This could be way of, but it's 1.5 something) a week and flushes it once a week, this is indicative of how much the cache at SAIX might operate. This might be an old stat and my memory might be decieving me, but I was reading about it a few weeks back, anyone care to clarify?
There are multiple proxies running through these ranges
198.54.202.0/24
196.25.255.0/24
196.25.253.0/24

196.25.253.13 ndf-cache1.saix.net Not OK
196.25.253.14 ndf-cache2.saix.net Not OK
198.54.202.3 ctb-cache1-vif1.saix.net OK
198.54.202.4 ctb-cache3-vif1.saix.net OK
198.54.202.5 ctb-cache6-vif1.saix.net Not OK
198.54.202.18 cbs-cache1-vif1.saix.net OK
198.54.202.66 ppr-cache1-vif1.saix.net OK
198.54.202.82 bnb-cache1-vif1.saix.net OK
198.54.202.100 ndf-cache3-vif1.saix.net OK
198.54.202.114 rba-cache3-vif1.saix.net OK
198.54.202.118 rba-cache4-vif1.saix.net OK
198.54.202.130 ngy-cache1-vif1.saix.net OK
198.54.202.146 dn-cache1-vif1.saix.net OK
198.54.202.194 ctb-cache4-vif1.saix.net OK
198.54.202.195 ctb-cache5-vif1.saix.net OK
198.54.202.210 rba-cache2-vif1.saix.net OK
198.54.202.226 rba-cache1-vif1.saix.net OK
198.54.202.234 rba-cache1-vif0.saix.net OK
198.54.202.246 ctb-cache7-vif1.saix.net OK
198.54.202.250 ctb-cache8-vif1.saix.net OK

196.25.253.13 ndf-cache1.saix.net Not OK
196.25.253.14 ndf-cache2.saix.net Not OK

196.25.255.3 ctb-cache1.saix.net OK
196.25.255.4 ctb-cache3.saix.net
196.25.255.18 cbs-cache1-vif0.saix.net OK
196.25.255.34 ppr-cache1-vif0.saix.net OK
196.25.255.50 bnb-cache1-vif0.saix.net OK
196.25.255.68 ndf-cache3-vif0.saix.net OK
196.25.255.82 rba-cache3-vif0.saix.net OK
196.25.255.86 rba-cache4-vif0.saix.net
196.25.255.98 ngy-cache1-vif0.saix.net OK
196.25.255.114 dn-cache1-vif0.saix.net OK
196.25.255.194 ctb-cache4-vif0.saix.net OK
196.25.255.195 ctb-cache5-vif0.saix.net OK
196.25.255.210 rba-cache2-vif0.saix.net OK
196.25.255.246 ctb-cache7-vif0.saix.net OK
196.25.255.250 ctb-cache8-vif0.saix.net OK
196.25.255.254 ctb-cache6-vif0.saix.net OK


etc etc...

 

[Syndyre]

There's some info here if you want to look around: www.tenet.ac.za

 

[plenty]

I posted about trans proxy's awhile back and it had a few interesting stats in it - some of which was sourced at TENET

You can find it here : ...showthread.php?p=728035#post728035

 

[Tunasashimi]

Tenet is miniscule compared to all of SAIX... ;D But extrapolating from that, I once estimated that SAIX must push at least 100GB an hour... or was it per day? I actually do have SAIX stats somewhere I got from some ADSL techie... will look it up...