Is 72.56.238.99:1080 a proxy? Yes, it was.
72.56.238.99:1080 was a public proxy in the HProxy free proxy pool, exiting from US on TimeWeb-AS. Across 2,244 checks it answered 79% of the time, and it has since gone dark (last listed 2026-07-14), so it is not a usable proxy right now.
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How HProxy checks 72.56.238.99:1080
72.56.238.99:1080 has been through 2,244 checks on HProxy's list, answering 1,774 of them. Few addresses in the database carry a record this long. Here is how it was built.
35 public sources published it
72.56.238.99 appears in 35 of the public proxy sources HProxy tracks. Lists copy from each other constantly, so an address showing up in many of them says a lot about how widely it was republished and very little about whether it ever worked.
Port 1080: SOCKS
Port 1080 is the port IANA registered for SOCKS, the protocol that forwards raw connections rather than only web requests. An address advertised on 1080 is being offered as a general-purpose tunnel, not just a web proxy.
Every check is a real connection
HProxy does not read this address off somebody else's list and pass it on. Each check opens an actual connection to 72.56.238.99:1080 and waits up to 4 seconds for the other end to complete a proxy handshake. Anything that does not answer in that budget counts as a failure and is recorded as one, which is why the percentage on this page moves rather than sitting at a marketing number. The handshake is attempted across HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4 and SOCKS5, so a proxy is never missed because we guessed the wrong protocol.
2,244 checks, 1,774 answered
That is 79% of the time, measured since June 16, 2026. Every one of those results, successes and failures alike, is a connection HProxy opened itself.
We are still watching for it to come back
Being archived does not stop the testing. 72.56.238.99:1080 answered before, so it is exactly the kind of address that can return, and the sweep works through the whole database and reaches every address roughly once every 24 hours. Its last check was on August 3, 2026, so the next one is due within a day of that. The moment it answers again it is promoted straight back into the live free proxy list, automatically, with no manual step.
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The record
Everything HProxy holds on 72.56.238.99:1080, and nothing it does not.
- First seen
- June 16, 2026
- Last checked
- August 3, 2026
- Next check due
- within 24 hours
- Checks run
- 2,244
- Times it answered
- 1,774
- Stopped answering
- July 14, 2026
79%
answered 1,774 of 2,244 checks
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Where this address sits
Right now our free pool holds 8 other free proxies on Timeweb AS, and 1,083 in United States. 72.56.238.99:1080 sits inside that set, so if it is not usable the pages below are where its closest alternatives are.
What HProxy holds on TimeWeb-AS
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 461 addresses on AS9123, which is 0.08% of every address in the database and a small corner of the database. 26 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 now6%
- Answered before18%
- Never answered76%
Questions about 72.56.238.99:1080
Is 72.56.238.99:1080 a working proxy?
No, not any more. It was a working public proxy in HProxy's free pool and has since gone dark, last listed 2026-07-14. We still re-test it periodically in case it returns.
Was 72.56.238.99 ever actually a proxy?
Yes. We ran 2,244 checks against it and it answered 1,774 of them, about 79% of the time, over 28 days on our list.
Where was 72.56.238.99 hosted?
United States — TimeWeb-AS (AS9123). It is a residential or ISP address rather than a datacenter one.
Why keep a page for an address that no longer works?
Because "was this address ever a proxy, and when" is a real question. If you are looking at this IP in a firewall log or an abuse report, the dates and the check counts here are the answer. HProxy's public proxy IP list keeps every address it has ever tracked and carries on re-testing them, so deleting this record would throw all of that away.
How many free proxies are on Timeweb AS?
8 other free proxies are live on Timeweb AS (AS9123) in our pool right now, alongside 72.56.238.99:1080. 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, 1,083 free proxies are exiting from United States in our pool right now, answering in 850ms at the median. If this address is not usable, that list is the place to look for a working one.
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