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Re: Show HN: Check if your IP has appeared in a residential proxy network

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Post by TZubiri »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #4
microcode wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try https://spur.us/context/ where is the IP you want to query :)

Thanks! Do you plan on a paid plan? Would you be able to provide methodology under NDA if needed? (cyber consultant, have people who might use this for enrichment in security stacks)

+1

Some info on methodology would be necessary for a paid plan for two purposes, one to audit that the quality of the methodology and the signal is good (it's not hallucinated or checking few sources).

But also to make sure it doesn't clash with other signals if used in conjunction with other sources of tool (if I have another signal, I want to know whether they are redundant or complementary, to avoid interpreting two positives as independently verified.

Re: Show HN: Check if your IP has appeared in a residential proxy network

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Post by TZubiri »

TacticalCoder wrote: post #10
Aurornis wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If the IP address you're using has been detected as a residential proxy, it doesn't matter. It's going to be flagged on lists for a long time. Being able to check is helpful.

> If the IP address you're using has been detected as a residential proxy, it doesn't matter. It's going to be flagged on lists for a long time. Flagged and then... What exactly? If people who have a smart TV have their smart TV participate in a residential proxy, then it's billions of IP getting "flagged". What's the use of flagging those? When every IP is flagged, none is.

>If people who have a smart TV have their smart TV participate in a residential proxy, then it's billions of IP getting "flagged".

There's a non-trivial quantity error here that makes the argument of a majority qualitatively incorrect.

It's not billions of IPs that are being used in residential proxies, it's not all smart TVs.

There needs to be a vulnerability and hacked devices OR there needs to be a very low quality and shady vendor that is offering products at too cheap prices and needs to make ends meet in order to compete at that price. Probably chinese.

This would be in the range of 1 to 100 million smart TVs. sorry for the wide range, but definitely not 1Billion or every TV.

So to the extent that the ratio of infected to non infected IPs is low, then providers can block the infected ones to a great effect.

Re: Show HN: Check if your IP has appeared in a residential proxy network

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Post by Symbiote »

TZubiri wrote: post #22
TacticalCoder wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If the IP address you're using has been detected as a residential proxy, it doesn't matter. It's going to be flagged on lists for a long time. Flagged and then... What exactly? If people who have a smart TV have their smart TV participate in a residential proxy, then it's billions of IP getting "flagged". What's the use of flagging those? When every IP is flagged, none is.

>If people who have a smart TV have their smart TV participate in a residential proxy, then it's billions of IP getting "flagged". There's a non-trivial quantity error here that makes the argument of a majority qualitatively incorrect. It's not billions of IPs that are being used in residential proxies, it's not all smart TVs. There needs to be a vulnerability and hacked devices OR there needs to be a very low qualit…

Bright Data claim to have 400 million IPs.

https://brightdata.com/proxy-types/residential-proxies

Re: Show HN: Check if your IP has appeared in a residential proxy network

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Post by mahboi »

gonzalohm wrote: post #25
jasonvorhe wrote: post #23

This would probably false positive every CGNAT IP, or am I misunderstanding something?

I think CGNAT is a type of residential proxy. Hidden from the user and provided by the ISP

CGNAT isn't a residential proxy

Re: Show HN: Check if your IP has appeared in a residential proxy network

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Post by mahboi »

ranger_danger wrote: post #13

Keep in mind these databases can be wildly inaccurate and basically impossible to prove them wrong (you can't prove a negative). I've seen this (and verified with others) with other sites like iknowwhatyoudownload.com where they allege your connection downloaded something very illegal (like CSAM) even though you know for certain it never happened and you haven't been hacked.

Do they show proof of the positive if you show up in there?

Re: Show HN: Check if your IP has appeared in a residential proxy network

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Post by mahboi »

TacticalCoder wrote: post #10
Aurornis wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If the IP address you're using has been detected as a residential proxy, it doesn't matter. It's going to be flagged on lists for a long time. Being able to check is helpful.

> If the IP address you're using has been detected as a residential proxy, it doesn't matter. It's going to be flagged on lists for a long time. Flagged and then... What exactly? If people who have a smart TV have their smart TV participate in a residential proxy, then it's billions of IP getting "flagged". What's the use of flagging those? When every IP is flagged, none is.

Mine isn't flagged. Not gonna set up a smart TV.
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