Hey everyone,

j/w why have LWP connect to a proxy? I'm asuming its for people who want to hide their identity. When it connects to a proxy and fetches, lets say a file----does the proxy server actually do the requests and not the computer your on? So if I had a site and someone built some automation script to create mass members, the script they built would connect to a proxy and request my signup script over and over again. As the webmaster of the site, would my access logs record the IP address from the proxy server or from the person's computer IP.

I'm asking this, not to build an automation script or any kind like that but to understand how easy it may be for someone. If its too easy, then I may want to add some ORC to my signup form.

Thanks,

Pete

In reply to LWP and Proxy by Anonymous Monk

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