WWW proxy server getting 100s of hits per minute (help!)

[George in Seattle]

Starting this morning the WWW proxy service started going totaly berserk with hundreds of random IPs & external urls flashing on the activity screen. When I switch the display to "by service" they show as "Guest : http://".

They seem to be random and I'm not exaggerating when I say hundreds. Also the connection graph shows a constant 2mbs drain. My connection still works but its slower than usual. If I stop the service or the engine the activity ceases. Something is misconfigured What could it be?


I dont know if this is related but why would my internet gateway IP be flashing "(dead)" every few seconds?

Thanks!

[genie]

Do you have WWW service bound on external interface?

[George in Seattle]

Do you have WWW service bound on external interface?

Yes, so I deleted that binding and it is stopped the problem --Thanks! *But* I thought I needed an external binding so the public can reach my web server which is on another machine on the internal network ?? In fact once I removed that binding the web site no longer works. How do I get that working so that I dont have this other problem?

[George in Seattle]

Actually I think I may have figured it out. I checked, "Through HTTP proxy with SSL support" and entered the IP of the web server and it appears to be working. Was that the correct answer?

Thanks!

[genie]

As a matter of fact I myself would rather use either port redirection in ENS (or simple TCP mapping service).

[George in Seattle]

You are correct because my solution didnt work I just found out --while the server started working, it caused the local browsers to start getting socket errors to the internet. I will try what you just said. Thanks!