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<title>OPSB Manual</title>
<para>Welcome to the Open Proxy Scanning Bot (OPSB) Manual. This document
will aid you in setting up and running OPSB on your IRC network.</para>
<para>OPSB is a Proxy Scanning Service that scans connecting clients for
Open Proxies. These Open Proxies are often used by malicious users and
trojans to connect to your network and attack the network, users, or
channels that you host. It bases its scanning engine on the BOPM proxy
scanning library available at http://www.blitzed.org, but unlike the BOPM
software, it has native support to scan all clients network wide, rather
than via individual servers. This means that you only need one OPSB service
running on your network to protect your entire IRC network.</para>
<para>Additionally, OPSB makes use of Open Proxy lists. These lists often
contain IP addresses of verified Open Proxies, and OPSB can ban these users
without even scanning. By default, OPSB uses the blitzed open proxy list
(More details available at http://opm.blitzed.org)</para>
<para>OPSB is flexible in that it has many advanced configuration options
available to IRC administrators, including the ability to easily modify the
protocols and ports to scan of connecting users, as well as exclude certian
users or servers from scanning. This allows you maxium flexibility without
the overhead of running multiple copies of proxy scanning software. In
addition, it has the ability to Queue up scans, so during periods of peak
usage, OPSB will not consume all bandwidth or file descriptors, but still
scan users in a timely manor.</para>
<para>Proxy Scanning is only one defence against Trojans and Malicious
users, and can not detect all types of open Proxies. We therefore recomend
that the IRC administrators run other software such as SecureServ, and
familiarize themselves with the OperServ functionality found in most
traditional IRC services packages.</para>
<para>By Default, OPSB scans the following protocols and ports (But this can
be easily customized)</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>HTTP Proxies on Port 80, 3128, 8000, 8080</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>HTTP Post Proxies on Port 80, 3128, 8000, 8080</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Wingate Servers on Port 23</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Insecure Cisco Routers on port 23</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>SOCKS4 Servers on 1080</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>SOCKS5 Servers on 1080</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>These ports are some of the more common ports, but administrators
might find other ports that are often associated with open proxies. In these
cases, the administrator can simple add the new port to be scanning without
restarting OPSB.</para>
<warning>
<para>When picking a host to run OPSB from, make sure you check with your
Shell or ISP provider to ensure that there are no Transparent HTTP proxies
enabled on that network. Transparent proxies are often used to speed up
HTTP downloads for users without requiring the user to update their
browser configuration. If you often get false positive scans on users on
port 80, then most likely your hosting provider has implemented a
Transparent Proxy. See if they can disable this transparent proxy for you,
or alternativly, find a new hosting provider that does not run a
transparent proxy. THERE IS NO WAY FOR OPSB TO DETECT IT IS BEHIND A
TRANSPARENT PROXY.</para>
</warning>
<para>OPSB is written and maintained by Justin Hammond. It requires the
NeoStats software. More information about OPSB, or NeoStats, can be found at
<link linkend="???">http://www.neostats.net/</link></para>
<para>OPSB is Copyright, 2004 by Justin Hammond.</para>
<sect1>
<title>Prerequisites and Installation.</title>
<para>OPSB is designed to run on Top of NeoStats. The Following
requirements at the time of writting are required for NeoStats:<itemizedlist><listitem><para>A
Linux or BSD based Server or Shell.</para></listitem><listitem><para>A
supported IRCd. Currently, Hybrid7, Unreal, Ultimate2.x, Ultimate3.x,
NeoIRCd, Bahumat</para></listitem><listitem><para>Some basic Unix
administration Skill</para></listitem><listitem><para>Of Course, a IRC
network to connect it all together.</para></listitem></itemizedlist></para>
<para>Please refer to the NeoStats website for more information on the
requirements</para>
<para>OPSB itself requires the following:<itemizedlist><listitem><para>NeoStats
2.5.8 or Higher correctly installed and Running</para></listitem><listitem><para>The
time to read this entire document. <warning><para>OPSB has the potential
to Akill/Gline your entire network. Its strongly suggested that you read
this entire document before even attempting to compile OPSB, as I&#39;m
just going to laugh, if you didn&#39;t read, and it AKILL&#39;s your
entire network. This is Beta Software, there are BUGS. beware.</para></warning></para></listitem></itemizedlist></para>
<sect2>
<title>Compiling and Installation</title>
<para>As long as you have successfully setup NeoStats, and installed it
correctly, Compiling OPSB is very simple and straight forward. First you
must extract the files from the download package. This is as simple as:</para>
<screen>bash$<command> tar -xzf OPSB-&#60;ver&#62;.tar.gz</command></screen>
<para>This should then create a directory called OPSB-&#60;version&#62;
where &#60;version&#62; is the Version of OPSB. Then Proceed to Change
into the OPSB directory, and run Configure as follows:<screen>bash$<command>./configure [--enable-debug | --with-neostats=&#60;dir&#62;]</command></screen></para>
<para>--enable-debug is only usefull for diagnostics purposes when used
in conjuction with debugging tools. There should be no need to use this
option on a day to day basis</para>
<para>--with-neostats=&#60;dir&#62; should be used if your neostats
directory is not in a standard location (~/NeoStats/). Replace
&#60;dir&#62; with the full path to your NeoStats installation directory
(NOT SOURCE DIRECTORY)</para>
<para>Configuring OPSB will look something like the following screen:</para>
<screen>[Fish@fish-dt]$ ./configure
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for pcre_compile in -lpcre... yes
checking Location of NeoStats...... /home/fish/NeoStats/
checking for /home/fish/NeoStats//include/dl.h... yes
checking Version of NeoStats...... Compatible Version
checking Whether to Enable Debuging...... no
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
(*----------------------------------------------------------*)
(| To compile your module, please type &#39;make&#39; |)
(| If make completes without errors, then you |)
(| Must &#39;make install&#39;, but please be sure that NeoStats |)
(| Is not currently running with a module of the same name |)
(| Running, otherwise Make install will not work |)
(| !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |)
(| If you are running a BSD, make install may produce a |)
(| Error, if that is the case, then please manually copy |)
(| opsb.so to the NeoStats/dl directory |)
(| !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |)
(*----------------------------------------------------------*)
(| For Support please visit: |)
(| IRC: /server irc.irc-chat.org |)
(| #neostats channel |)
(| WWW: http://www.neostats.net/boards/ |)
(*----------------------------------------------------------*)
(|This Module was written by: |)
(| fish (fish@dynam.ac) |)
(*----------------------------------------------------------*)
</screen>
<para>If the configuration did not produce a error, you may then move
onto Compiling OPSB. Compiling is simply just issuing the &#34;make&#34;
command (or &#34;gmake&#34; if you are running BSD):</para>
<screen>[Fish@fish-dt]$ make
(cd libopm; make libopm.a)
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/fish/opsb/libopm&#39;
gcc -c -O2 -Wall -I. -I.. compat.c
gcc -c -O2 -Wall -I. -I.. config.c
gcc -c -O2 -Wall -I. -I.. inet.c
gcc -c -O2 -Wall -I. -I.. libopm.c
gcc -c -O2 -Wall -I. -I.. list.c
gcc -c -O2 -Wall -I. -I.. malloc.c
gcc -c -O2 -Wall -I. -I.. proxy.c
ar cru libopm.a compat.o config.o inet.o libopm.o list.o malloc.o proxy.o
ranlib libopm.a
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/fish/opsb/libopm&#39;
gcc -c -O2 -Wall -I/home/fish/NeoStats//include/ -I. -Ilibopm opsb.c
gcc -c -O2 -Wall -I/home/fish/NeoStats//include/ -I. -Ilibopm proxy.c
gcc -c -O2 -Wall -I/home/fish/NeoStats//include/ -I. -Ilibopm opsb_help.c
ld -shared -o opsb.so opsb.o proxy.o opsb_help.o libopm/libopm.a
[1005|/home/fish/opsb]
[Fish@fish-dt]$</screen>
<para>Again, check for Error messages. As long as there are not error
messages, &#34;make install&#34; will install OPSB, this README file,
and any auxiluary files needed into your NeoStats directory:</para>
<screen>[Fish@fish-dt]$ make install
(cd libopm; make libopm.a)
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/fish/opsb/libopm&#39;
make[1]: `libopm.a&#39; is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/fish/opsb/libopm&#39;
ld -shared -o opsb.so opsb.o proxy.o opsb_help.o libopm/libopm.a
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 opsb.so /home/fish/NeoStats//dl/
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 README.opsb opsb.Settings /home/fish/NeoStats//dl/../doc/
[1006|/home/fish/opsb]</screen>
<para>If you recieve *ANY* errors at all during the this process, please
post them on our Support boards, at http//www.neostats.net/boards/</para>
<para>Once Installation is complete, you can either configure NeoStats
to load OPSB when it starts, or load OPSB via IRC.</para>
<para>To Configure NeoStats to automatically load OPSB when it boots,
add the following line to your &#34;neostats.cfg&#34; file in the
NeoStats directory:</para>
<para><command>LOAD_MODULE OPSB</command></para>
<para>To load OPSB via IRC, you must make sure you have the appropriate
permissions and issue the following command:</para>
<para><command>/msg neostats load OPSB</command></para>
<para>Thats it. OPSB is now loaded and ready for use (in fact, it will
already be running now, but read on for futher information.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1>
<title>Basic Configuration</title>
<para>OPSB is completly configured online via IRC. When you first start up
OPSB, it attempts some &#34;Sane&#34; defaults for you to get started
with, but you should always review these settings as soon as you install.
Additionally, while its in this &#34;Default&#34; state, it will warn you
every so often via a global message as well as messages to the services
channel that it is still &#34;unconfigured&#34;. Some of the settings that
you may want to review right away are:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Exclusion Lists - You should setup a Exclude list for your IRC
Services server (NickServ etc)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Target IP address and Ports that OPSB tries to get the proxies
to connect to.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Default Ban Time when OPSB finds a open Proxy.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>These are outlined below:</para>
<sect2>
<title>Exclusion Lists</title>
<para>Exclusion lists allow you to specify certian Hostmasks or Servers
that should be excluded from monitoring by OPSB. This exclusion list
would allow a administrator to say, allow users on that are matched
against a open proxy, when the administrator has verified that the
trojan does not in fact exist on the users host.</para>
<caution>
<para>Exclusions should be setup for your Services Server, so that
OPSB does not try to scan ChanServ, or NickServ, or any of the bots
relating to Nickname protection.</para>
</caution>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Adding a Entry</emphasis></para>
<para>To add a entry to the Exclusion list, use the following format:</para>
<screen>/msg OPSB exclude add &#60;1/0&#62; &#60;type&#62; &#60;reason&#62;</screen>
<para>Where:</para>
<para>&#60;host&#62; = The HostName/Server or Channel name. WildCards ?
and * are permitted.</para>
<para>&#60;type&#62; = The type of exclusion. 0 is for HostNames, 1 is
for Servers</para>
<para>&#60;reason&#62; = a short description of the exclusion, for
operator reference only.</para>
<para>The output is as follows:</para>
<screen>&#62;OPSB&#60; exclude add services.irc-chat.net 1 Blah is my reason
-OPSB- Added services.irc-chat.net (Server) exception to list</screen>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Listing an Entry</emphasis></para>
<para>To list the Exclusions simple type:</para>
<screen>/msg OPSB exclude list</screen>
<para>And all the current exclusions are listed. Additionaly, a Position
number is provided for use with the delete command. The output is as
follows:</para>
<screen>&#62;OPSB&#60; exclude list
-OPSB- Exception List:
-OPSB- 1) *.blah.com (Server) Added by Fish for Blah is my reason
-OPSB- 2) is.blah.com (HostName) Added by Fish for can by high
-OPSB- End of List.</screen>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Deleting an Entry</emphasis></para>
<para>To delete a entry, you should first lookup the Position of the
entry that you wish to delete. The format of the command is as follows:</para>
<screen>/msg OPSB exclude del &#60;num&#62;</screen>
<para>Where:</para>
<para>&#60;num&#62; is the position of the entry you wish to delete in
the list</para>
<para>The output of the command is as follows:</para>
<screen>&#62;OPSB&#60; exclude del 1
-OPSB- Deleted services.irc-chat.net server out of exception list</screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>TARGET IP and TARGET PORT</title>
<para>By default, OPSB sets up each proxy scan to attempt to connect
back to the IP address and port of the server that NeoStats connects to.
This may not always be what you wish, as it can help a attacker map our
how your network is structured. Ideally, you should pick the IP address
of a IRC server you host that is stable and on a fast connection, and
enter its IP address and port numbers into OPSB.</para>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Changing the TargetIP</emphasis></para>
<para>To add a entry to the Helper list, use the following format:</para>
<screen>/msg OPSB set targetip &#60;newipaddress&#62;</screen>
<para>Where:</para>
<para>&#60;newipaddress&#62; = The ip address to attempt to get proxies
to connect to</para>
<para>The output is as follows:</para>
<screen> -&#62; *opsb* set targetip 203.208.228.144
=opsb= Target IP set to 203.208.228.144</screen>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Changing the Target Port</emphasis></para>
<para>To list the helpers simple type:</para>
<screen>/msg OPSB set targetport &#60;newport&#62;</screen>
<para>Where:</para>
<para>&#60;newport&#62; = the new port to attempt to get proxies to
connect to</para>
<para>The output is as follows:</para>
<screen> -&#62; *opsb* set targetport 6667
=opsb= Target PORT set to 6667</screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>BanTime</title>
<para>OPSB by default bans the IP/Hostname of a Open Proxy for 1 day
(86400 seconds). Some networks may wish to increase or decrease this
time value.</para>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Changing the Ban Time</emphasis></para>
<para>To change the bantime, type:</para>
<screen> -&#62; *opsb* set bantime 86400
=opsb= Ban time changed to 86400</screen>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1>
<title>Detailed Configuration</title>
<para>OPSB attempts to be as configurable as possible in order to cater
for each individual networks requirements. This in turn though makes the
configuration very complex. There are many many settings with OPSB that
affect how it operates, how it responds and even, how affects the
performance of NeoStats Overall. Out of the box, OPSB provides sensible
defaults for these settings, but you may wish to read this section for
details on exactly what each option does, and its affect on how OPSB
operates.</para>
<para>The following list summaries the available Options you can set in
OPSB</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>CACHETIME</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>DISABLESCAN</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>DOBAN</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>OPMDOMAIN</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>MAXBYTES</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>TIMEOUT</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>OPENSTRING</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>SPLITTIME</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>SCANMSG</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>PORTS</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>To change any of these settings, you use the Set Interface in OPSB.
Eg:</para>
<screen>/msg OPSB set &#60;option&#62; &#60;params&#62;</screen>
<para>To view the current settings, issue the following command:</para>
<screen>/msg OPSB set list</screen>
<para>The following Sections describes the different options, their
params, and the effect on OPSB in detail.</para>
<sect2>
<title>CACHETIME Setting</title>
<para>In order to improve performance, OPSB caches the results of scans
it has performed so if a user disconnects and reconnects, they are not
scanned again, and thus this saves bandwidth and improves the
performance of OPSB. By default, OPSB saves previous scans for 1 hour.
Smaller IRC networks may wish to increase this value, while larger IRC
networks that are concerned about performance or memory usage of OPSB
may with to leave this setting as it is. Setting the cache time to 0
disables the use of caching, and forces OPSB to scan every user
connecting every time.</para>
<para>To Change the setting, issue the following Command:</para>
<screen>/msg OPSB set CACHETIME &#60;seconds&#62; </screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>DISABLESCAN Setting</title>
<para>Sometimes a IRC administrator may wish to only make use of the
Open Proxy list lookup, and not actually perform a scan on users.
DISABLESCAN forces OPSB to only perform a lookup of the IP address in
the configured OPMDOMAIN.</para>
<para>If you wish to turn off Proxy checks, issue the following command</para>
<screen>/msg OPSB set DISABLESCAN &#60;ON/OFF&#62;</screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>DOBAN Setting</title>
<para>Often, when setting up OPSB for the first time, or making changes
to the ports that are to be scanning, you may wish to test OPSB without
it actually performing a AKILL. Turning DOBAN off disables the placement
of a AKILL on open Proxy hosts.</para>
<para>To Change the setting, issue the following Command:</para>
<screen>/msg OPSB set DOBAN &#60;ON/OFF&#62; </screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>OPMDOMAIN Setting</title>
<para>This setting changes with domain OPSB should consult for a
positive match on a particular IP address. By Default, OPSB checks
opm.blizted.org. Another list may be substituted instead of the default
on. At this time, we have not tested any other open proxy list, although
most lists should work with no problems. Please report success/failure
to our boards</para>
<para>To Change this Setting, issue the following Command:</para>
<screen>/msg OPSB set OPMDOMAIN &#60;newdomain&#62;</screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>MAXBYTES Setting</title>
<para>Maxbytes controls how much data to read from a open connection
before determining that the host in question does not contain a Open
Proxy. As we check ports that are common with legitimate applications
such as webservers, we don&#39;t need to download the entire webpage to
determine that it is not a open proxy. By default, we only read 500
bytes which should be sufficient for most networks.</para>
<para>To Change this Setting, issue the following Command:</para>
<screen>/msg OPSB set MAXBYTES &#60;bytelimit&#62;</screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>TIMEOUT</title>
<para>It is very common for users to now use personal firewall software
on their PC. This often leads to probes the the users ip address that
never actually get rejected or are successfull, but just hang trying to
connect. the Timeout value controls how long to wait before assuming
that the host is not operating a proxy. By default, we wait 30 seconds</para>
<para>To Change this setting, issue the following command:</para>
<screen>/msg OPSB set TIMEOUT &#60;seconds&#62;</screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>OPENSTRING</title>
<para>This setting controls what strings to look for that indicate a
Open Proxy. By default, we look for the standard string &#34;*** Looking
up your hostname...&#34; which is one of the first messages sent to
connecting IRC clients. There should be no need to change this setting.
Internally, OPSB also scans for common Trottle or akill messages.</para>
<para>To Change this setting, issue the following command:</para>
<screen>/msg OPSB set OPENSTRING &#60;newstring&#62;</screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>SPLITTIME</title>
<para>OPSB is very sensitive to timedrifts on the IRC network. In order
to not scan users that might be part of a Netjoin (When two IRC servers
reconnect after a Netsplit) we only scan users who&#39;s signon time is
less than this setting. If your IRC network times are not in sync, you
might experience issues where users connecting to one &#34;lagged&#34;
out server are not scanning. In this case, you should fix the time on
the affected server. A last resort is to increase this time value. By
default, we only scan users that connected in the last 300 seconds</para>
<para>To Change this setting, issue the following command:</para>
<screen>/msg OPSB set SPLITTIME &#60;seconds&#62;</screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>SCANMSG Setting</title>
<para>This setting changes the default message that is sent to users
when they sign on the IRC network. You can customise this message to
point to a webpage giving more details, or customize to your local
language.</para>
<para>To Change the setting, issue the following Command:</para>
<screen>/msg OPSB set SCANMSG &#60;msg&#62; </screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>PORTS Setting</title>
<para>The ports setting allows you to customize what ports and protocols
are scanned when users connect to your IRC network. This can be used to
detect proxies that are running on additional ports that OPSB does not
scan by default. </para>
<sect3>
<title>Listing Ports/Protocols</title>
<para>To list the current protocols and the assocated ports, issue the
following command:</para>
<screen>/msg OPSB ports list</screen>
<para>And the following is displayed:</para>
<screen>&#62;opsb&#60; ports list
-opsb- Port List:
-opsb- 1) HTTP Port: 80
-opsb- 2) HTTP Port: 8080
-opsb- 3) HTTP Port: 8000
-opsb- 4) HTTP Port: 3128
-opsb- 5) SOCKS4 Port: 1080
-opsb- 6) SOCKS5 Port: 1080
-opsb- 7) WINGATE Port: 23
-opsb- 8) ROUTER Port: 23
-opsb- 9) HTTPPOST Port: 80
-opsb- 10) HTTPPOST Port: 8080
-opsb- 11) HTTPPOST Port: 8000
-opsb- 12) HTTPPOST Port: 3128
-opsb- End of List.</screen>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Adding Ports</title>
<para>To add a additional port to scan with a particular protocol, use
the following command:</para>
<screen>/msg opsb ports add &#60;type&#62; &#60;port&#62;</screen>
<para>Where:</para>
<para>&#60;type&#62; is the type of Protocol to use. Either:</para>
<para>HTTP</para>
<para>HTTPPOST</para>
<para>SOCKS4</para>
<para>SOCKS5</para>
<para>WINGATE</para>
<para>ROUTER</para>
<para>&#60;port&#62; is any valid port number between 1 and 65535</para>
<para>The change is imediate, and new users will have these ports
scanned when they connect. </para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Deleting Ports</title>
<para>If you wish to delete a port to be scanned, issue the following
command:</para>
<screen>/msg opsb ports del &#60;id&#62;</screen>
<para>Where &#60;id&#62; is the ID number of the port/Protocol you
wish to delete. ID can be obtained from a port listing command
described above. </para>
<para>OPSB requires a restart when deleting a port, so you should
either restart NeoStats, or Reload the OPSB module. </para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1>
<title>Operational Commands</title>
<para>OPSB has a number of commands that you can issue it in order to
perform checks or operations on your IRC network. These commands aid
Administrators in keeping their network secure, and keeping OPSB upto
date.</para>
<para>The following list summerizes these commands:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>LOOKUP</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>INFO</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>CHECK</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>STATUS</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>REMOVE</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>The following Sections Describe these commands in detail</para>
<sect2>
<title>LOOKUP Command</title>
<para>The lookup comand can perform DNS lookups for you. You can specify
what information you wish to retrive. This command is open to all users
by default.</para>
<para>The format of the command is as follows:</para>
<screen>/msg OPSB lookup &#60;ip|hostname&#62; &#60;flag&#62;</screen>
<para>Where:</para>
<para>&#60;ip|hostname&#62; is the item you wish to lookup.</para>
<para>&#60;flag&#62; is optional, and specified what type of data you
wish to lookup. Available options include:</para>
<para>txt - Lookup Text Records rp - Lookup the Responsible Person for
this record ns - Lookup the Name Servers for this record soa - Lookup
the SOA for this Record</para>
<para>If no flag is given, we attempt to lookup the A record.</para>
<para>The output of the command is as follows:</para>
<screen> -&#62; *opsb* lookup irc.irc-chat.net
=opsb= irc.irc-chat.net resolves to 202.181.4.129
=opsb= irc.irc-chat.net resolves to 203.208.228.144
=opsb= irc.irc-chat.net resolves to 216.218.235.254
=opsb= irc.irc-chat.net resolves to 66.227.101.55</screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>INFO Command</title>
<para>This command provides users with information about what functions
OPSB performs. Its intended to just provide directions to users for more
information</para>
<para>The format of the command is as follows:</para>
<screen>/msg OPSB info</screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>CHECK Command</title>
<para>This command forces OPSB to perform a full scan on the specified
nickname, ip adress or hostname.</para>
<para>The format of the command is as follows:</para>
<screen>/msg OPSB check &#60;nick|host&#62;</screen>
<para>The output is as follows:</para>
<screen>=opsb= Checking fish for open Proxies
&#60;opsb&#62; Starting proxy scan on Fish (XXXX.singnet.com.sg) by Request of Fish
=opsb= Negitiation failed for protocol HTTP(80)
=opsb= Negitiation failed for protocol HTTP(8000)
=opsb= Negitiation failed for protocol HTTP(3128)
=opsb= Negitiation failed for protocol SOCKS4(1080)
=opsb= Negitiation failed for protocol SOCKS5(1080)
=opsb= Negitiation failed for protocol WINGATE(23)
=opsb= Negitiation failed for protocol ROUTER(23)
=opsb= Negitiation failed for protocol HTTPPOST(80)
=opsb= Negitiation failed for protocol HTTPPOST(8000)
=opsb= Negitiation failed for protocol HTTPPOST(3128)
=opsb= Closed Proxy on Protocol HTTP (8080)
=opsb= Closed Proxy on Protocol HTTPPOST (8080)
=opsb= scan finished on Fish
=opsb= XXXX.singnet.com.sg does not appear in DNS black list</screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>STATUS Command</title>
<para>This command gives the Administrator statistics on the how OPSB is
performing, how many checks it has conducted, and other information
relating to the performance of OPSB.</para>
<para>The format of the command is as follows:</para>
<screen> -&#62; *opsb* status
=opsb= Proxy Results:
=opsb= Hosts Scanned: 5831 Hosts found Open: 1 Exceptions 0
=opsb= Cache Entries: 128
=opsb= Cache Hits: 5523
=opsb= Blacklist Hits: 4
=opsb= Currently Scanning 0 Proxies (0 in queue):</screen>
</sect2>
</sect1>
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