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# Flagging proxy traffic via TCP round trip timing

Audit edge network telemetry to detect intermediary proxy hops through latency metrics

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- On a scheduleHourly edge socket log ingestion
- ThenCompute RTT variance ratios
- ResultPost anomaly digest to Slack

Evaluate network socket statistics such as minimum and smoothed round-trip times from edge logs to identify traffic running through TCP proxies or relay nodes. Identify anomalous timing ratios across inbound sessions, compile suspicious IP addresses, and flag them for security review.

## Prompt to start with

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Analyze inbound connection metrics from the database or edge telemetry. Compute round-trip time variance and ratios between minimum observed latency and smoothed latency. Flag sessions exhibiting timing discrepancies typical of multi-hop forwarding proxies. Draft a summary of suspicious IP addresses and latency distributions. Always ask for user approval before applying any network blocking rules or firewall updates.
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## Tools it uses

DatabaseSlackTerminal

## Works with

BotBento

## Tags

- networking
- security
- proxies
- telemetry

## Source

[Show HN: Aroma: Every TCP Proxy Is Detectable with RTT Fingerprinting](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46386878)
Hacker News · checked 2026-10-16

Summarized in our own words. Any results described there are the authors’ own, not measured by BotBento.

By BotBento Editorial · Added 2026-10-16 · Updated 2026-10-16 · [Suggest a correction](/contact/)

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