Research data
Proxy archive
2,258,018 unique proxy addresses: every entry that has ever appeared in one of the four lists, kept after it disappeared from the live list.
How the archive grows
Each run that refreshes the live lists also compares them with the archive. Addresses that were never seen before are appended to archive_<protocol>.txt; nothing is ever removed. The files therefore only grow, and the newest addresses are at the end.
There are no dates in the files and no per-day snapshots. An address being in the archive only means it was listed at least once by one of the public sources we collect.
Format
One ip:port per line, the same as the live lists. The files are large, so download them once rather than on every run:
curl -s -o archive_socks5.txt https://proxyspace.pro/archive_socks5.txt
wc -l archive_socks5.txtWhat it is useful for
- Blocklists. Flag traffic that arrives from an address that has been an open proxy.
- Research. Study how many open proxies appear, which networks they come from and which ports they use.
- Incident response. Check whether an address in your logs was ever listed as a public proxy.
For proxies to actually use, take the live lists instead: the archive is mostly addresses that stopped working long ago.