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Should I Block Proxies?

Should I Block Proxies?

         

superdevo

5:26 pm on Aug 20, 2011 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Hello,

I have a program that blocks proxies by reading whether or not the "HTTP_X_FORWADED_FOR" exist. It is blocking these proxies from our e-commerce site.

Is this a bad idea? Am I blocking potential customers? Any statistics on how many actual consumers (including B2B) use proxies vs. how many of them are spam/hackers?

Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you