[vox] A hypothetical question about the Web's dark underbelly

[Rob Rogers]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 16:08:14PM -0800, Ken Bloom wrote:
> 
> Routers don't store web pages. Proxies do, but you'll never find
> whether there's a proxy using tracert. Have the user check his web
> browser configuration and see whether there's a proxy configured, if
> that's the route you plan to explore.

And many (most?) proxies seem to be transparent now. Checking the
browser config won't find those.