DETECT ANONYMPUS IP ADDRESS

 DETECT ANONYMOUS IP ADDRESS:
Today there are several means for the internet criminal's to expand their criminal activities and the internet is the way where today we have the maximum no. of crimes. There are several ways through which the hackers are spoofing their ip address and they do their criminal activities silencly..:|...but even the person's need to be one step ahead to jerk their aims by detecting their fake ip address.However proxies are more widely used by online fraudsters to engage in cyber crimes since it is the easiest way to hide their actual Geo-location such as city/country through a spoofed IP address. Following are some of the examples where fraudsters use the proxies to hide their actual IP.

While ip spoofing has got some of the advantages while some of the disadvantages:-

Site Restriction(ad): sometimes it usually happens to us that our login to some of the social networking sites such as facebook or orkut has been restricted in other words our ip gets banned from accessing the sites due to some of the unusual activity on the sites..In these cases we use to hide our ip address and we use another ip address and can gain access to those blockesd sites..:)

Frauds(disad): Sometimes some of the thief stolen any data from the computer and tries to acces some of the sites which are benned in their region or country then those thief use the ip spoofing to change their ip address and do complete their jobs...:(

Proxy Detection Services

 

So in order to stop such online frauds, Proxy Detection has become a critical component. Today most companies, credit card merchants and websites that deal with e-commerce transactions make use of Proxy Detection Services like MaxMind and FraudLabs to detect the usage of proxy or spoofed IP from users participating online.

Proxy Detection web services allow instant detection of anonymous IP addresses. Even though the use of proxy address by users is not a direct indication of fraudulent behaviour, it can often indicate the intention of the user to hide his or her real IP. In fact, some of the most used ISPs like AOL and MSN are forms of proxies and are used by both good and bad consumers.

 

How Proxy Detection Works?

Proxy detection services often rely on IP addresses to determine whether or not the IP is a proxy. Merchants can obtain the IP address of the users from the HTTP header on the order that comes into their website. This IP address is sent to the proxy detecting service in real time to confirm it’s authenticity.

The proxy detection services on the other hand compare this IP against a known list of flagged IPs that belong to proxy services. If the IP is not on the list then it is authenticated and the confirmation is sent back to the merchant. Otherwise it is reported to be a suspected proxy. These proxy detection services work continuously to grab a list or range of IPs that are commonly used for proxy services. With this it is possible to tell whether or not a given IP address is a proxy or spoofed IP.

 

How to Tell Whether a given IP is Real or a Proxy?

There are a few free sites that help you determine whether or not a given IP is a proxy. You can use free services like WhatisMyIPAddress to detect proxy IPs. Just enter the suspected IP in the field and click on “Lookup IP Address” button to check the IP address. If it is a suspected proxy then you will see the results something as follows.

So for all those who think that they can escape by using a spoofed IP, this post is the answer. I hope this information helps. Pass your comments.