DSLRoot, Proxies, and the Threat of ‘Legal Botnets’
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:05:12 +0000
The cybersecurity community on Reddit responded in disbelief this month when a self-described Air National Guard member with top secret security clearance began questioning the arrangement they’d made with company called DSLRoot, which was paying $250 a month to plug a pair of laptops into the Redditor’s high-speed Internet connection in the United States. This post examines the history and provenance of DSLRoot, one of the oldest “residential proxy” networks with origins in Russia and Eastern Europe.
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