[squid-users] k12.*.us and open proxies (was Re: Spam, block: an MMF through yet another Korean school)

On Feb 21, 8:36pm, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
> Just so nobody get's the Wrong Idea here, let's get a few things straight.
>
> Yes, virtually every elementary school, middle school, and high school
> in Korea is running either an open mail relay or an open proxy or both.
>
> But guess what friends! If you make any attempt to study the issue,
> you'll find out very quickly that every subdomain of every k12.??.us
> domain (where `??' is some two-letter abbreviation for a U.S. state)
> is _also_ running either an open relay or an open proxy, or both.
>
> Call it your tax dollars at work. There was a big rush, under the
> Clinton Administration, to get every school in the U.S. on the Internet.
> Now, every goddamn last one of them has the _equipment_ necessary to be
> on the Internet and not a goddamn single one of them has _anybody_
> on staff with the first f**kin' clue about how to properly administer
> that equipment. Instead we have people like Vice-Principals at elementary
> schools... men (and women) who typically need help tying their own shoe-
> laces... and these are the people who have been left in charge of the
> computer equipment. (Typically, some outside contractor/supplier was
> paid to come in and set the shit up, but then they got their money and
> left.)

Indeed. And people want to continue doing this with money with censorship
strings... methinks that, until local funding is available for getting
schools online _with proper support_, we should not be seeing any more such
connection efforts.

> Here's a list of _just_ the open proxies a U.S. K-thru-12 schools that
> (a) have something approximating valid inverse DNS and that (b) have
> already been exploited by spammers and that (c) _I_ happen to know
> about. (I'm sure that there are thousands more that I don't even know
> about yet.)

> P.S. If any of you out there have the ability to do zone transfers for
> any k12.XX.us zone, could you please do that and then send me a copy of
> the zone file? It would save a little time. Otherwise I have to wait for
> the spammers to find all the proxies. The same goes for es.kr, ms.kr, and
> hs.kr (i.e. elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools,
> respectively.)
>
> 63.168.206.193:80 host-193.shelburne.k12.vt.us:http
> 63.168.206.194:80 host-194.shelburne.k12.vt.us:http
> 63.227.163.41:3128 lsrvs.crb1.k12.wy.us:squid
> 63.227.163.122:8080 usw-063-227-163.k12.wy.us:webcache
> 64.8.162.145:80 northbranch.k12.mn.us:http
> 64.56.0.4:3128 server.efpsb.k12.la.us:squid
> 156.46.110.130:80 ns.west-bend.k12.wi.us:http
> 156.46.110.239:80 frompix.west-bend.k12.wi.us:http
> 156.46.225.14:80 ksserver.ksd.k12.wi.us:http
> 156.46.225.14:8080 ksserver.ksd.k12.wi.us:webcache
> 157.91.90.252:80 intra.msddecatur.k12.in.us:http
> 165.139.22.133:80 mail.hccsc.k12.in.us:http
> 165.139.83.2:8080 dam-fs.plymouth.k12.in.us:webcache
> 168.8.168.30:80 eddie.butts.k12.ga.us:http
> 168.10.60.11:80 mail.lanier.k12.ga.us:http
> 168.10.60.11:8080 mail.lanier.k12.ga.us:webcache
> 168.10.169.2:80 mail.jones.k12.ga.us:http
> 168.11.78.12:80 ftp.appling.k12.ga.us:http
> 168.37.176.10:80 pisd-mail.poteet.k12.tx.us:http
> 168.55.186.4:80 ns2.stephenville.k12.tx.us:http
> 168.55.254.2:1080 ns.northwest.k12.tx.us:socks
> 168.102.16.179:80 cache01.fwcs.k12.in.us:http
> 168.102.16.180:80 cache02.fwcs.k12.in.us:http
> 168.213.1.136:80 proxy.pinellas.k12.fl.us:http
> 170.211.182.130:1080 rbsd.wmsc.k12.ar.us:socks
> 170.222.36.3:1080 proxy.rutlandhs.k12.vt.us:socks
> 170.222.36.3:80 proxy.rutlandhs.k12.vt.us:http
> 194.29.208.123:1080 www.izmirsj.k12.tr:socks
> 198.108.74.3:80 corp.dundee.k12.mi.us:http
> 198.108.74.3:8080 corp.dundee.k12.mi.us:webcache
> 198.109.239.4:80 echspc4.eau-claire.k12.mi.us:http
> 198.110.18.218:80 ics01.gisd.k12.mi.us:http
> 198.110.18.219:80 ics02.gisd.k12.mi.us:http
> 199.218.205.6:80 mustang.stark.k12.oh.us:http
> 199.233.182.26:80 mailhost.berryessa.k12.ca.us:http
> 204.38.67.100:8080 gw.cps.k12.mi.us:webcache
> 204.100.190.254:3128 ns.psusd.k12.ca.us:squid
> 204.108.230.5:80 pop.kennett.k12.pa.us:http
> 204.113.117.8:80 proxy.rhs.weber.k12.ut.us:http
> 204.128.70.3:80 proxyd.brevard.k12.fl.us:http
> 204.134.103.6:8080 dots.nmsvh.k12.nm.us:webcache
> 204.169.68.226:80 s226-68.fridley.k12.mn.us:http
> 204.169.81.113:80 s113-81.bloomington.k12.mn.us:http
> 204.169.81.138:80 s138-81.bloomington.k12.mn.us:http
> 204.169.81.205:80 s205-81.bloomington.k12.mn.us:http
> 204.169.81.213:80 s213-81.bloomington.k12.mn.us:http
> 204.184.20.253:3128 mail.farmington.k12.mo.us:squid
> 204.184.190.251:80 www.kirkwood.k12.mo.us:http
> 204.184.190.252:80 mail.Kirkwood.k12.mo.us:http
> 204.184.196.249:8080 monolith.republic.k12.mo.us:webcache
> 204.185.0.101:80 ps.eldo.k12.mo.us:http
> 204.186.146.253:1080 hinet1.hasd.k12.pa.us:socks
> 205.213.97.33:8080 www.platteville.k12.wi.us:webcache
> 205.221.233.32:80 pc32.dowling.pvt.k12.ia.us:http
> 206.77.190.229:1080 jack.hillsboro.k12.tx.us:socks
> 206.110.2.20:3128 wsdsl20.alameda-coe.k12.ca.us:squid
> 206.110.113.20:80 www.ulhs.k12.ca.us:http
> 206.131.124.79:80 s79-124.bloomington.k12.mn.us:http
> 206.176.122.210:80 worthing.atm.rt.k12.sd.us:http
> 206.176.126.173:80 dellrapids-off-05.nat.rt.k12.sd.us:http
> 206.176.126.174:80 dellrapids-off-06.nat.rt.k12.sd.us:http
> 206.176.127.18:80 chancellor.atm.rt.k12.sd.us:http
> 206.176.193.133:80 ftp.dce.k12.wi.us:http
> 206.176.193.134:80 forms.dce.k12.wi.us:http
> 206.183.149.35:8080 IP-35.newfound.k12.nh.us:webcache
> 207.4.68.179:8080 border.ecpps.k12.nc.us:webcache
> 207.4.220.9:80 mail.pamlico.k12.nc.us:http
> 207.16.175.130:8080 bisd.bushland.k12.tx.us:webcache
> 207.28.62.1:80 novel1.lewiscentral.k12.ia.us:http
> 207.28.141.212:8080 user212.keokuk.k12.ia.us:webcache
> 207.63.22.2:8080 riverdale.rockis.k12.il.us:webcache
> 207.63.27.130:1080 130.27.63.207.lth2.k12.il.us:socks
> 207.63.56.11:80 mail.mtzion.k12.il.us:http
> 207.70.24.2:80 hsmail.sd421.k12.id.us:http
> 207.160.49.253:8080 mail.vf.k12.mo.us:webcache
> 207.160.72.253:80 louisiana.k12.mo.us:http
> 207.160.101.190:8080 ScottCentral.k12.mo.us:webcache
> 207.163.231.133:1080 wsd133.cv.k12.ca.us:socks
> 207.230.202.126:8080 mail.pepin.k12.wi.us:webcache
> 208.3.173.195:80 silentbob.putnam.k12.ct.us:http
> 208.25.240.1:80 gateway.greene.k12.nc.us:http
> 208.149.174.57:8081 inet.sturgis.k12.mi.us:8081
> 208.149.174.58:8081 mail.sturgis.k12.mi.us:8081
> 209.3.245.3:3128 client-209-3-245-3.mlp.k12.nj.us:squid
> 209.7.219.34:81 WWW.staunton.macoupin.K12.IL.US:hosts2-ns
> 209.18.204.5:8080 litchfield-5.litchfield.k12.mn.us:webcache
> 209.56.145.1:8080 mail.garrigan.pvt.k12.ia.us:webcache
> 209.79.69.1:8080 cacheflow.ocde.k12.ca.us:webcache
> 209.106.38.252:8080 chaffee.k12.mo.us:webcache
> 209.114.176.161:1080 ms-msrv.aliquippa.k12.pa.us:socks
> 209.174.152.13:8080 user-13a.wl.k12.il.us:webcache
> 209.174.224.56:1080 dns1.marion.wilmsn.k12.il.us:socks
> 209.174.224.56:8080 dns1.marion.wilmsn.k12.il.us:webcache
> 209.175.16.4:1080 st-209-175-16-4.365u.will.k12.il.us:socks
> 209.175.68.226:80 rgsd.w-cook.k12.il.us:http
> 209.181.17.186:1080 el.bgh2.k12.wy.us:socks
> 209.181.17.188:1080 hs.bgh2.k12.wy.us:socks
> 209.206.145.5:80 ra02.randolph.k12.wi.us:http
> 216.11.71.2:1080 hazelpark.k12.mi.us:socks
> 216.20.29.13:80 bhsfw1.bourne.k12.ma.us:http
> 216.56.2.5:8080 wisheights.k12.wi.us:webcache
> 216.56.9.195:80 bess-proxy.wauwatosa.k12.wi.us:http
> 216.100.88.25:80 user188x25.fjuhsd.k12.ca.us:http
> 216.120.146.60:3128 60.mattawan.k12.mi.us:squid
> 216.120.184.139:80 user139.godfrey-lee.k12.mi.us:http
> 216.124.25.2:80 mail.lagrange105.w-cook.k12.il.us:http
> 216.124.39.10:1080 st-216-124-39-10.union81.will.k12.il.us:socks
> 216.124.41.9:1080 st-216-124-41-9.brookwood.s-cook.k12.il.us:socks
> 216.124.196.2:8080 www.dupo.stclair.k12.il.us:webcache
> 216.146.101.29:1080 mail.fortbenton.k12.mt.us:socks
> 216.237.220.98:1080 www.tcs.k12.nc.us:socks

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