AOL Megaproxies?

Tue Feb 28 00:07:29 UTC 2006

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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