Data as of Nov 3, 2026
178.83.197.0/24
Anonymizer · Datacenter proxy1 residential-proxy exit · 30 daysOVH SAS · space held by Internet Utilities Europe and Asia Limited
Announcement
this exact prefix
RPKI valid
Announced by
Type
Datacenter proxy
Risk
85 / 100 · Critical
Recently moved
Recent change
New origin Oct 24, 2026
from AS219075 Vseek Limited
Residential-proxy exits
Proxy exits
1
0.39% of its addresses · 30 days
Oct 4, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026
Exits seen per day
1 observation
IPv4 market
Path
Announced by AS16276 since Oct 24, 2026 · 10 days ago
2 · Leased from
4 · Use
Datacenter proxy
anonymizer space, operator not named
Operators, sellers and brokers
Leased from
IP brokers
| Name | In 178.83.197.0/24 | /24s |
|---|---|---|
| IPXO | 256100% | 1 |
Lineage
How this block came to its use, oldest first. The whole IPv4 market →
178.83.197.0/24
From the registry to its use
- Dec 19, 2025Registry recordInternet Utilities Europe and Asia LimitedALLOCATED PA178.83.0.0/16
- Dec 19, 2025ReallocatedInternet Utilities Europe and Asia LimitedSUB-ALLOCATED PA178.83.128.0/17
- Feb 12, 2026– Apr 12, 2026
- May 19, 2026– Jul 17, 2026
- Sep 4, 2026– Oct 7, 2026
- Oct 22, 2026Route objectIPXORIPE route object for AS16276 OVH SAS, maintainer NETUTILS-MNT
- Oct 22, 2026Route objectIPXORADB route object for AS16276 OVH SAS, maintainer MAINT-AS834
- Oct 24, 2026– Nov 2, 2026
- todayLeased fromIPXOIP broker
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 178.83.0.0/16 | 65,536 | UK-IPXO-20091214 | Internet Utilities Europe and Asia Limited (ORG-IL687-RIPE) · GB | ALLOCATED PA | Dec 19, 2025 | [email protected] |
| └ 178.83.128.0/17 | 32,768 | NET-178-83-128-0-17 | Internet Utilities Europe and Asia Limited (ORG-IL687-RIPE) · GB | SUB-ALLOCATED PA | Dec 19, 2025 | [email protected] |
| └ 178.83.197.0/24 | 256 | NET-178-83-197-0-24 | unknown | ASSIGNED PA | Oct 22, 2026 | [email protected] |
Network & registry
IPv4 market
Holder
- Organization
- Internet Utilities Europe and Asia Limited
- Handle
- ORG-IL687-RIPE
- Range
- 178.83.0.0/16
- Registration type
- ALLOCATED PA
- Record created
- Dec 19, 2025
Origin network
AS16276
FR
- Name
- OVH SAS
- Type
- Hosting
- Registered
- Feb 15, 2001
- Domain
- ovhcloud.com
- Website
- www.ovhcloud.com
- Industry
- Hosting and Cloud Provider
- Spamhaus ASN-DROP
- not listed
- VPN servers
- 419
- Tor exits
- 12
Routing timeline
Who has announced this prefix
Summary
Routing history
- Pattern
- Rotating
- First seen
- Feb 2026
- Current origin since
- Oct 24, 2026 · under a month
- Origin networks
- 4
- Last change of origin
- Oct 24, 2026
Recorded history
History
- Handoffs
- 3
Whois
Registration for this announcement
- Range
- 178.83.197.0/24
- Netname
- NET-178-83-197-0-24
- Registrant country
- NL
- Organization
- Not stated by the registry
- Type
- ASSIGNED PA
- Created
- Oct 22, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 23, 2026
- Maintainer
- netutils-mnt
- RIR
- RIPE NCC
- Country
- GB
- Delegated
- Dec 14, 2009
- Status
- assigned
Report abuse
Abuse contact
- [email protected]
- Name
- Internet Utilities Abuse Contact
- Handle
- AR834