User talk:154.160.4.116

Unblock request on behalf of this user.

 * Are you checking these IPs through Bullseye? That's one of the only programs that accurately detects the Peer to Peer (P2P) proxies.-- Ponyo bons mots 00:25, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * The results for this IP, for example, state:

VPN/Proxy activity: True

Estimated number of devices: 10

Other proxies: GEOSURF_PROXY (RESIDENTIAL), IPSHARKK_PROXY (P2P), OXYLABS_PROXY (RESIDENTIAL), LUMINATI_PROXY (RESIDENTIAL)

Device behaviors: FILE_SHARING, INNOVATIVE_CONNECTING_VPN_USER

-- Ponyo bons mots 00:27, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * No, I had not been aware of that tool. Thanks for letting me know. Any chance you have a download link/package name? Google isn't being very helpful :). &mdash; Mdaniels5757 (talk &bull; contribs) 00:34, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Oooh, I'm also interested in this tool. --Yamla (talk) 11:12, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * It's hosted on Toolforge (https://bullseye.toolforge.org/). The link is available at WikiProject on open proxies. Come to think of it, I think CU status is need to access the Spur info that notes the P2P proxy hits. is the most familiar with Bullseye.  It's linked in the CU tool when running a check (along with geolocation, whois etc.).--  Ponyo bons mots 16:59, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh, excellent. Thanks. I look forward to comparing it with nmap. :) --Yamla (talk) 17:31, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Awesome, thank you! &mdash; Mdaniels5757 (talk &bull; contribs) 18:09, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * ,, , I do want to caveat things a bit: it's good at detecting open proxies (particularly peer-to-peer proxies), but the presence of those proxies does not necessarily mean that the person on the IP is intentionally running them. Two important points: some parts of the world are downright lousy with these proxies because there are hundreds of people behind a given IPv4 address and so the chance of the IP having a proxy exit goes up significantly (Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, and several countries in West Africa are common offenders), and these proxy exits are often bundled into shady apps (like those "change your country to get around Netflix geo-restriction" kind of apps). The takeaway is that there's a lot of context to determine whether the person complaining about a given proxy block is actually responsible for the proxy being there at all. GeneralNotability (talk) 22:48, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * That's been my experience with P2P blocks as well; many times the individual effected by the block has no idea they're running a proxy exit, which is unfortunate but doesn't negate the legitimacy of the block.-- Ponyo bons mots 23:10, 20 January 2023 (UTC)