Question is directed to any and all with information to share but I would greatly appreciatre feedback here. Those of us incapable of writing script rely on either Env variables or Proxy Judges for our testing. I have seen some debate, more and more recently, about the relative benefits of each. I am curious what everyone's thoughts are here. I have been doing some extensive comparative testing and - while inconclusive - it would appear that the results are comparable and yet external judges appear to be less stable and slower.

Note to Insomniac: I know you have your own scripts and methods but I was wondering if you had some insight here...?
Many thanks

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The speed of the scripts is more of a problem due to more and more slow hosts being used to host the scripts.

A Proxy Judge script cannot really be as accurate as an Env Check script, and it also cannot be as fast, since an Env Check does absolutely real calculations, it just spits back the headers it receives.

However an Env Check is only as good as the program that verifies the results. If a program is unable to interpret the results properly it is useless and you will endup with a ton of Transparent Proxies, or badly levelled Proxies.

If the program is reputable, I would recommend using the Env Check, otherwise a Proxy Judge is generally as effective. All of my scripts use a bit of a hybrid.

Awesome Insomniac. Thank you very much for your articulate response as always.

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