Is 172.234.12.236:8080 a proxy? Yes.
172.234.12.236:8080 is a public SOCKS5 proxy in the HProxy free proxy list, exiting from United States. It holds an excellent 100% uptime with a high 1015ms response time, and was last checked 3 min ago.
uptime
United StatesUptime & downtime
1
Days tracked
22
Checks run
0%
Downtime
0
Down days
Continuous monitoring
How HProxy checks 172.234.12.236:8080
172.234.12.236:8080 is in the live pool right now, and it stays there only for as long as it keeps answering.
Port 8080: HTTP, alternate
Port 8080 is the most common proxy port on the public internet. It is the conventional unprivileged stand-in for port 80, which means a program can open it without administrator rights, and that is exactly why so many proxies, both deliberate and accidental, end up here.
It has answered every single check
Each check opens an actual connection to 172.234.12.236:8080 and waits up to 4 seconds for the other end to complete a proxy handshake. 172.234.12.236:8080 has completed that handshake on all 22 attempts so far, which is rare on a free public proxy and worth treating with some suspicion until the record is longer. The handshake is attempted across HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4 and SOCKS5, which is how we know it spoke SOCKS5.
22 checks, 22 answered
That is 100% of the time, measured since August 7, 2026. Every one of those results, successes and failures alike, is a connection HProxy opened itself.
It is being re-tested continuously
172.234.12.236:8080 is in the live rotation, so it is re-tested continuously rather than on a daily cycle. If it stops answering it is marked down immediately, and if it stays down for 3 days it moves into the public proxy database with its full record intact. Nothing is deleted at any point.
This endpoint
The record
Everything HProxy holds on 172.234.12.236:8080, and nothing it does not.
- First seen
- August 7, 2026
- Last checked
- August 7, 2026
- Next check due
- continuously
- Checks run
- 22
- Times it answered
- 22
- Spoke
- SOCKS5
100%
answered 22 of 22 checks
How to use this proxy
Route a request through 172.234.12.236:8080 over SOCKS5. Free proxies are shared and rotate out fast, so test before you rely on it.
curl -x socks5://172.234.12.236:8080 \
https://api.ipify.org?format=json
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Where this address sits
Right now our free pool holds 10 other free proxies on Akamai, and 974 in United States. 172.234.12.236:8080 sits inside that set, so if it is not usable the pages below are where its closest alternatives are. At 1015ms it answers faster than the 2011ms median for United States proxies (about 50% of it).
What HProxy holds on Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Open proxies are not spread evenly across the internet. They cluster, because one misconfigured template, one cheap hosting reseller or one leaked image tends to produce hundreds of identical machines on the same network. HProxy tracks 1,091 addresses on AS63949, which is 0.19% of every address in the database and a meaningful pocket of the database. 11 of them are answering right now, so if this particular address is not usable, the network is a reasonable place to look for one that is.
- Answering now1%
- Answered before8%
- Never answered91%
Questions about 172.234.12.236:8080
Is 172.234.12.236:8080 a working proxy right now?
Yes. 172.234.12.236:8080 answered HProxy's automated check 3 min ago and is in the live free proxy pool as we publish this page. It is re-tested every few minutes, so open this page again for its current state rather than trusting a copy of it.
What kind of proxy is 172.234.12.236?
It speaks SOCKS5, and our checks grade it elite. The port is 8080. Point your client at 172.234.12.236:8080 over socks5 to route a request through it.
Where is 172.234.12.236 located?
Traffic through it exits from Cedar Knolls, United States, on Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AS63949). That is where the destination site will think your request came from.
How fast is 172.234.12.236:8080?
It answered in 1015ms on the last check. Free public proxies are shared, so real-world speed varies with how many other people are using it at the same moment.
How reliable has 172.234.12.236:8080 been?
Across 1 day of tracking it answered 100% of our checks. The chart on this page shows every day we have recorded for it, including the days it was down.
Is it safe to use 172.234.12.236:8080?
Treat it the way you would any public proxy: it is operated by someone we have no relationship with, it is shared with strangers, and anything you send unencrypted over it can be read. Fine for a quick geo check or a scrape of public data, never for logins, payments or anything private.
How many free proxies are on Akamai?
10 other free proxies are live on Akamai (AS63949) in our pool right now, alongside 172.234.12.236:8080. Networks that host one open proxy usually host several, which is why the whole AS is worth browsing rather than just this address.
Are there other free proxies in United States?
Yes, 974 free proxies are exiting from United States in our pool right now, answering in 2011ms at the median. If this address is not usable, that list is the place to look for a working one.
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