[Wikipedia-l] Info on SORBS, blocking of open proxies

[Walter van Kalken]

>compromising the mail server.  This is pretty serious stuff.  Web proxies
>*should not* be open.
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In your rosy world yes. Now try real world Millions of people are in 
countries were their providers do not care about this. Nor will they 
care because they do not have to listen to normal people. Thailand is 
such a country. Count the rest of SEA and China in there as well. Not 
all will be using open proxies though. But fact is as opposed to Western 
countries, in most Asian countries you cannot complain to companies as 
they'll tell you to shove it. Even western companies like JW Marriott do 
the same. They have double roomrate one if your Asian one if your white. 
It is common practice here. People complained to JW Marriott in 
Thailand. They told them to shove it. So people threatened lawsuit 
against parentcompany than they bowed down. But JWM is foreign owned so 
you can threaten with that. Most IP's in this region are not.

Walter/Waerth