Re:My Google Traffic Has Fallen to Zero
by yokem55 on Monday January 04, 2021 @10:39PM
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FWIW - I suspect the "IP reputation" site you referenced is utter bullshit when it comes to its "Proxy Detection". Looking at my own residential public address it calls it a 'low risk proxy' when I can assure that it most definitely is not. It doesn't help that their explanation for how they attempt to detect this is a pile of marketing word salad. I don't expect them to be completely transparent to their methodology, but they should make some attempt at presenting a bit of technical background.
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Re:My Google Traffic Has Fallen to Zero
by jsmith99 on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @05:33AM
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It says that for me too, so I tried 8.8.8.8 and it was rated as "100% abuse". I don't think this tool is very accurate.
Re:My Google Traffic Has Fallen to Zero
by ryan29 on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @12:20PM
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> I suspect the "IP reputation" site you referenced is utter bullshit when it comes to its "Proxy Detection".
It very well could be. That wasn't an endorsement by any means. The problem from what I can see is if services like that are convincing CTOs to use their lists it becomes relevant (even if the info isn't accurate).
It doesn't have to be bullshit. You have a sample size of 1 and realistically we can't expect 100% accuracy. We also don't know how often your IP is changing - maybe it was a proxy endpoint recently?
It's a static address that hasn't changed for 3+ years. The only thing I can think of the makes it proxy-ish, is that I have a 6 person household here.
Edit- The IP my employer uses as its outbound nat IP that we vpn from while WFH (so it actually is a proxy) gets a clean bill of health while our corporate email server (not a proxy at all) is tagged as one.
Re:My Google Traffic Has Fallen to Zero
by grahamburger on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @01:04AM
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It's not just IPs that have reputation scores but IP ranges and AS entities. Residential IP ranges are often dinged by default because of the risk of infected home PCs sending spam.
There absolutely is a reputation associated with individual addresses and ranges of addresses. And that reputation can be derived from numerous legitimate means (honeypot activity, spam, reverse dns info), but whatever these folks are doing regarding "proxy/vpn detection" is indistinguishable from snake oil.
Re:My Google Traffic Has Fallen to Zero
by grahamburger on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @01:55PM
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I would guess that all or nearly all residential IPs are marked as at least 'low proxy' risk because of the risk of malware on personal devices.