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An open Socks proxy is a security hole used by spammers to hide their originating IP address.
Spam can made to appear to come from the Socks proxy instead of the actual origin.
Typically, the owners of such computers do not know that their machines are open proxies, since the proxy code leaves little in the way of traceable data.
Direct-to-mx mailing can be done from a simple dialup or broadband account belonging to the spammer, or by open proxy machines controlled by the spammer.
An open socks proxy is a security hole used by spammers to hide their originating ip address.
Spam can made to appear to come from the socks proxy instead of the actual origin.
An open proxy computer ("zombie") that is used for transmitting spam e-mail or supporting spam websites.
An open proxy is a third-party computer that has been configured to serve spammers by untraceably relaying their mail, hosting, or guarding their websites, or performing other tasks.
Since the open proxies are controlled "by proxy" outside recognized channels, they provide effective cover for spammers.
Socks is a networking proxy protocol that enables hosts on one side of a SOCKS server to gain full access to hosts on the other side of the SOCKS server without requiring direct IP-reachability.

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