Monday, April 07, 2008

How many proxies does Rogers have?

As we have seen, wc09.mtnk.rnc.net.cable.rogers.com (=66.185.84.204), which has recently been at the central of controversy, is one of Rogers' web-caching proxy servers. These proxies are named with the prefix wc~ (for 'web caching'), a number, and a geographical reference.

So far, we have seen 14 proxies with the mtnk designation, and 14 with a wlfdle bank. Given the pattern, it only took a moment to identify a third bank of proxies, again 14 in number, this time with the abbreviation ym. This brings the number of identified proxy servers to 42, which are:
    IP hostname IP hostname IP hostname 
    66.185.84.68 wc01.wlfdle.~ 66.185.84.196 wc01.mtnk.~ 66.185.85.68 wc01.ym.~
    66.185.84.69 wc02.wlfdle.~ 66.185.84.197 wc02.mtnk.~ 66.185.85.69 wc02.ym.~
    66.185.84.70 wc03.wlfdle.~ 66.185.84.198 wc03.mtnk.~ 66.185.85.70 wc03.ym.~
    66.185.84.71 wc04.wlfdle.~ 66.185.84.199 wc04.mtnk.~ 66.185.85.71 wc04.ym.~
    66.185.84.72 wc05.wlfdle.~ 66.185.84.200 wc05.mtnk.~ 66.185.85.72 wc05.ym.~
    66.185.84.73 wc06.wlfdle.~ 66.185.84.201 wc06.mtnk.~ 66.185.85.73 wc06.ym.~
    66.185.84.74 wc07.wlfdle.~ 66.185.84.202 wc07.mtnk.~ 66.185.85.74 wc07.ym.~
    66.185.84.75 wc08.wlfdle.~ 66.185.84.203 wc08.mtnk.~ 66.185.85.75 wc08.ym.~
    66.185.84.76 wc09.wlfdle.~ 66.185.84.204 wc09.mtnk.~ 66.185.85.76 wc09.ym.~
    66.185.84.77 wc10.wlfdle.~ 66.185.84.205 wc10.mtnk.~ 66.185.85.77 wc10.ym.~
    66.185.84.78 wc11.wlfdle.~ 66.185.84.206 wc11.mtnk.~ 66.185.85.78 wc11.ym.~
    66.185.84.79 wc12.wlfdle.~ 66.185.84.207 wc12.mtnk.~ 66.185.85.79 wc12.ym.~
    66.185.84.80 wc13.wlfdle.~ 66.185.84.208 wc13.mtnk.~ 66.185.85.80 wc13.ym.~
    66.185.84.81 wc14.wlfdle.~ 66.185.84.209 wc14.mtnk.~ 66.185.85.81 wc14.ym.~

Update.  According to this, mtnk abbreviates "Newkirk"; wlfdle, "Wolfedale"; and ym, "York Mills".

Update 2. Presumably these are located at the Rogers offices at these addresses:
  • 3573 Wolfedale Rd, Mississauga
  • 855 York Mills Rd, North York
  • 244 Newkirk Road, Richmond Hill

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