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IP blocklists

IP blocklists are databases of addresses reported for spam, attacks, malware or proxy use, published by anti-abuse organisations and security vendors and queried by websites, mail servers and fraud systems. An exit that appears on a relevant list is challenged or refused regardless of how it is used today. Providers of dedicated addresses screen inventory against these lists; on rotating pools the provider retires listed exits.

1 min read Also called blacklists, DNSBL, threat feeds Updated

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Kinds of lists#

  • Spam and mail-abuse lists (DNSBLs), mostly relevant to port 25, which proxy networks block anyway.
  • Proxy and VPN detection lists that flag hosting ranges and known gateway addresses.
  • Threat-intelligence feeds built from attack telemetry, refreshed hourly.
  • Site-specific denylists kept by a single target from its own experience.

Checking an address#

Several public lookup services aggregate the main lists; check a dedicated address when it starts drawing challenges, and ask for a replacement if it is listed through no fault of yours.

How it works at Proxy Cyber#

Proxy Cyber screens datacenter ranges for blocklist hits before they reach an order and replaces dedicated addresses that stay unusable; port 25 is blocked on every network so exits never earn mail-abuse listings.

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