TCP 8118
Synopsis
- TCP port 8118 is most commonly used by Privoxy, a non-caching web proxy and content filter.
- The Privoxy package on Linux distributions (e.g., Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora) is configured to listen on 127.0.0.1:8118 by default, and the Windows installer uses the same default port.
- pfSense and OPNsense provide Privoxy packages/plugins that default to port 8118 for HTTP proxying and filtering.
- OpenWrt’s privoxy service similarly defaults to 8118 on routers.
- Historically, Tor bundles and many Tor setup guides used Privoxy on 8118 to proxy browser HTTP traffic into the Tor network.
- This port is often scanned and abused when Privoxy is misconfigured as an open proxy; attackers use exposed 8118 proxies to relay traffic and hide their origin.
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