Data as of Nov 10, 2026

178.167.0.0/18

2 anonymizer addresses · 0.01% · VPN4,744 residential-proxy exits · 30 days

Flex Ltd.

Announcement
this exact prefix
RPKI valid
Announced by
Type
Residential
>99% of it

Residential-proxy exits

Proxy exits
4,744
29% of its addresses · 30 days
Always-on exits
1
0.02% of its exits
Spread
64 of 64
/24s with at least one exit
Providers
111
selling exits here
Oct 11, 2026 – Nov 9, 2026

Exits seen per day

171K observations
  • VPN · anonymizer
  • Residential

Proxy providers listing exits

  • 2Captcha
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  • 9Proxy
  • ASHBURNPROXIES
  • Ake.net
  • AnyIP
  • B2Proxy
  • BartProxies
  • BestProxy
  • BirdProxies
  • BlurPath
  • BottingTools
  • BuyingProxy
  • ByteProxies
  • Byteful
  • CatProxies
  • CliProxy
  • DataImpulse
  • Datarama
  • Decodo
  • EVOPROXY
  • EZProxies
  • EnigmaProxy
  • Evomi
  • FLEETPROXY
  • FastProxy
  • FlashProxy
  • FlexyProxies
  • FloppyData
  • GSocks
  • Geonix
  • Geonode
  • GhostConnect
  • GloryCloud
  • GoProxies
  • GonzoProxy
  • HPROXY
  • HideProxy
  • HydraProxy
  • IPFly
  • IPMUSK
  • IPOasis
  • IPPeak
  • IPRoyal
  • Infatica
  • InfiniteProxies
  • KindProxy
  • Kookey
  • LUMIPROXY
  • LemonLabs
  • LemonPrime
  • LightningProxies
  • LudaxProxy
  • MangoProxy
  • Maskify
  • MoMoProxy
  • NSocks
  • NextProxy
  • NiuProxy
  • NodeProxy
  • NovProxy
  • NovaProxy
  • Novada
  • Oxylabs
  • PROXYON
  • PROXYSCRAPE
  • PROXYWING_BASIC
  • PacketStream
  • PrivateByte
  • PrivateProxy
  • Proxies.fo
  • ProxiesVision
  • Proxio
  • Proxiware
  • Proxmint
  • Proxy-Seller
  • Proxy4U
  • ProxyEmpire
  • ProxyGeo
  • ProxyHat
  • ProxyRack
  • ProxyStyler
  • ProxyWing
  • Proxying
  • Proxyma
  • PuraRoute
  • Q2IP
  • RH7Proxy
  • RainProxy
  • RapidProxy
  • RealProxy
  • ResiProxies
  • RoamProxy
  • SPYDERPROXY_BASIC
  • SPYDERPROXY_PREMIUM
  • Shifter
  • Smartproxy
  • StrikeProxy
  • SwiftProxy
  • TalorData
  • Thordata
  • ThunderProxy
  • TrueProxies
  • VantageProxies
  • VitalData
  • VitalExclusive
  • VitalProxy
  • YumiProxy
  • ZENPROXY_LITE
  • ZENPROXY_PREMIUM
IPv4 market

Path

1 · Holder
record created Mar 15, 2010
2 · Leased from
not leased
3 · Announced by
AS21453 Flex Ltd.
since Sep 2025 · 14 mo ago
4 · Use
VPN servicesnamed VPN Gate
Residential

Operators, sellers and brokers

VPN services

NameParentIn 178.167.0.0/18/24s
VPN GateUniversity of Tsukuba
20.01%
2

Lineage

How this block came to its use, oldest first. The whole IPv4 market →

178.167.0.0/18

From the registry to its use

  1. Mar 15, 2010
    Registry record
    Flex Ltd.
    ALLOCATED PA
    178.167.0.0/17
  2. Mar 16, 2010
    Assigned
    Flex broadband users
    ASSIGNED PA
    178.167.0.0/18
  3. Mar 22, 2010– today
    Announced
    AS21453 Flex Ltd.
    as part of 178.167.0.0/17
    178.167.0.0/17
  4. Mar 22, 2014– Aug 8, 2024
    Announced
    AS21453 Flex Ltd.
    Internet provider
  5. Mar 23, 2014
    Route object
    AS21453 Flex Ltd.
    RIPE route object for AS21453 Flex Ltd., maintainer FLEX-MNT
  6. Sep 21, 2025– today
    Announced
    AS21453 Flex Ltd.
    Internet provider
  7. today
    Used
    VPN Gate
    VPN

Announcements

Less specific

Covering announcements

PrefixOriginTypeProxy exitsHolderRPKI
178.167.0.0/17
since Mar 2010
AS21453Residential6,724
1 always on
Flex Ltd.

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.

RangeAddressesNetnameHolderTypeCreatedAbuse contact
178.167.0.0/1732,768RU-FLEX-20100315Flex Ltd. (ORG-FI3-RIPE) · RUALLOCATED PAMar 15, 2010abuse@flex.ru
└ 178.167.0.0/1816,384FLEXNETFlex broadband usersASSIGNED PAMar 16, 2010abuse@flex.ru
via RU-FLEX-20100315

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

16,384 addresses
TypeAddressesShareRanges
Residential16,382>99%3
VPNanonymizer20.01%2

Network & registry

Routing timeline

Covering aggregate above, the prefix's own history below

Summary

Routing history

Pattern
Stable
First seen
Mar 2014
Current origin since
Sep 2025 · 1.1 yr
Origin networks
1