Proxy-url-file-3a-2f-2f-2f

If a web page tries to navigate to proxy-url-file:///etc/passwd, Chrome might log: Not allowed to load local resource: proxy-url-file:///etc/passwd In encoded form, an error reporter could show: proxy-url-file-3A-2F-2F-2Fetc/passwd

When considering a URL encoded as proxy-url-file:///, several scenarios come to mind: proxy-url-file-3A-2F-2F-2F

The string proxy-url-file-3A-2F-2F-2F is not a standard protocol, command, or configuration directive. Instead, it is almost certainly a partially URL-encoded or double-encoded string that has been truncated, concatenated, or logged in an unusual way. To the untrained eye, it looks like gibberish. To a systems engineer or security researcher, it reads like a broken version of something familiar: proxy-url-file:/// If a web page tries to navigate to

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Strings like proxy-url-file-3A-2F-2F-2F should raise a yellow flag in security monitoring.