Data as of Nov 7, 2026
172.245.8.0/21
260 anonymizer addresses · 13%13 residential-proxy exits · 30 daysHostPapa
Residential-proxy exits
Proxy exits
13
0.63% of its addresses · 30 days
Oct 8, 2026 – Nov 6, 2026
Exits seen per day
7.8K observations
IPv4 market
Path
2 · Leased from
not leased
Operators, sellers and brokers
VPN services
| Name | Parent | In 172.245.8.0/21 | /24s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscribe | 20.10% | 1 | |
| PrivateVPN | Privat Kommunikation Sverige AB | 10.05% | 1 |
Lineage
How this block came to its use, oldest first. The whole IPv4 market →
172.245.8.0/21
From the registry to its use
- Apr 22, 2013Registry recordHostPapaDirect Allocation172.245.0.0/16
- Oct 7, 2022– today
- todayUsedOxylabsProxy seller
- todayUsedWindscribeVPN
- todayUsedPrivateVPNVPN
Announcements
More specific
Announcements inside
| Prefix | Origin | Type | Operator | Holder | RPKI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 172.245.8.0/24 since May 2026 | AS36352 | Datacenter proxy | Proxy providerssold by Oxylabs | HostPapa | |
| 172.245.15.0/24 since May 2026 | AS36352 | Hosting | HostPapa |
Registrations in this block
The registry's network records over the announcement: those covering it, widest first, then every record inside it, under its parent.
| Range | Addresses | Netname | Holder | Type | Created | Abuse contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 172.245.0.0/16 | 65,536 | CC-14 | HostPapa (HOSTP-7) · US | Direct Allocation | Apr 22, 2013 | net-abuse-global@ |
| └ 172.245.9.0/25 | 128 | CC-172-245-9-0-25 | RackNerd LLC (RL-872) · US | Reassigned | Oct 30, 2023 | reportabuse@ |
| └ 172.245.10.192/27 | 32 | CC-172-245-10-0-27 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.11.132/30 | 4 | CC-172-245-11-0-30 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.11.152/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-11-0-29 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.11.168/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-11-0-29 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.11.176/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-11-176-29 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.11.216/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-11-0-29 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.11.224/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-11-224-29 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.11.232/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-11-232-29 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.11.248/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-11-248-29 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.12.64/27 | 32 | CC-172-245-12-64-27 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.12.96/27 | 32 | CC-172-245-12-96-27 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.12.144/28 | 16 | CC-172-245-12-0-28 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.12.160/27 | 32 | CC-172-245-12-0-27 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.12.192/28 | 16 | CC-172-245-12-192-28 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.12.232/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-12-0-29 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.13.16/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-13-0-29 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.13.24/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-13-24-29 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.13.32/28 | 16 | CC-172-245-13-32-28 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.13.48/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-13-48-29 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.13.56/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-13-0-29 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.13.80/30 | 4 | CC-172-245-13-0-30 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.13.84/30 | 4 | CC-172-245-13-0-30 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.13.88/30 | 4 | CC-172-245-13-0-30 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.13.92/30 | 4 | CC-172-245-13-0-30 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.13.96/28 | 16 | CC-172-245-13-96-28 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.13.112/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-13-112-29 | Hudson Valley Host (HVH-9) · US | Reallocated | Feb 14, 2015 | abuse@ |
| └ 172.245.13.128/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-13-0-29 | RackNerd LLC (C07728619) · US | Reassigned | Jan 12, 2021 | net-abuse-global@ via CC-14 |
| └ 172.245.13.144/28 | 16 | CC-172-245-13-144-28 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.13.168/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-13-0-29 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.13.184/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-13-184-29 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.13.192/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-13-192-29 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.13.208/28 | 16 | CC-172-245-13-0-28 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.13.240/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-13-0-29 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.13.248/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-13-0-29 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.14.0/30 | 4 | CC-172-245-14-0-30 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.14.4/30 | 4 | CC-172-245-14-0-30 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.14.8/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-14-0-29 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.14.48/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-14-0-29 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.14.56/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-14-0-29 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.14.64/27 | 32 | CC-172-245-14-64-27 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.14.96/28 | 16 | CC-172-245-14-0-28 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.14.112/30 | 4 | CC-172-245-14-112-30 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.14.116/30 | 4 | CC-172-245-14-0-30 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.14.148/30 | 4 | CC-172-245-14-148-30 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.14.160/27 | 32 | CC-172-245-14-160-27 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.14.224/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-14-224-29 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.14.232/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-14-232-29 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.14.240/29 | 8 | CC-172-245-14-0-29 | unknown | — | — | — |
| └ 172.245.14.248/30 | 4 | CC-172-245-14-248-30 | unknown | — | — | — |
A contact marked “via” is the registry's: the record names none of its own, so the registry hands down its parent's.
Composition
The types across the prefix's announced space, by addresses.
Announced space
Address share
Announced space
Types across the prefix
2,048 addresses
| Type | Addresses | Share | Ranges | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosting | 1,788 | 87% | 7 | |
| Datacenter proxyanonymizer | 257 | 13% | 2 | |
| VPNanonymizer | 3 | 0.15% | 3 |
Network & registry
Origin network
AS36352
US
- Name
- HostPapa
- Type
- Hosting
- Registered
- Dec 12, 2005
- Domain
- colocrossing.com
- Website
- www.colocrossing.com
- Industry
- Hosting and Cloud Provider
- Spamhaus ASN-DROP
- not listed
- VPN servers
- 169
- Tor exits
- 3
Routing timeline
Who has announced this prefix
Summary
Routing history
- Pattern
- Stable
- First seen
- Oct 2022
- Current origin since
- Oct 2022 · 4.1 yr
- Origin networks
- 1
Whois
Registration for this announcement
- Range
- 172.
245. 0. 0/ 16 - Netname
- CC-14
- Registrant
- HostPapa
- Organization
- HostPapa (HOSTP-7)
- Org address
- 325 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, 14202
- Org country
- US
- Type
- Direct Allocation
- Handle
- NET-172-245-0-0-1
- Parent
- NET-172-0-0-0-0
- Created
- Apr 22, 2013
- RIR
- ARIN
- Country
- US
- Delegated
- Apr 22, 2013
- Status
- assigned
Report abuse
Abuse contact
- net-abuse-global@
hostpapa. com - Name
- NETABUSE
- Phone
- +1-905-315-3455
- Handle
- NETAB23-ARIN