Data as of Nov 3, 2026

185.253.97.0/24

25 anonymizer addresses · 9.8% · VPN21 residential-proxy exits · 30 days

M247 Europe SRL

Announcement
this exact prefix
No RPKI
Announced by
Type
Hosting
90% of it

Residential-proxy exits

Proxy exits
21
8.2% of its addresses · 30 days
Oct 4, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026

Exits seen per day

16K observations
  • VPN · anonymizer
  • Hosting
IPv4 market

Path

1 · Holder
record created Nov 17, 2020
2 · Leased from
not leased
3 · Announced by
AS9009 M247 Europe SRL
since Apr 2018 · 8.6 yr ago
4 · Use
Hosting

Operators, sellers and brokers

VPN services

NameParentIn 185.253.97.0/24/24s
CyberGhostKape Technologies
176.6%
1
SurfsharkNord Security
62.3%
1
Trust.Zone
10.39%
1
Windscribe
10.39%
1

Lineage

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

185.253.97.0/24

From the registry to its use

  1. Apr 7, 2018– Nov 2, 2026
    Announced
    AS9009 M247 Europe SRL
    Hosting
  2. Apr 11, 2018
    Assigned
    M247 LTD Oslo Infrastructure
    ASSIGNED PA
    185.253.97.0/24
  3. Apr 11, 2018
    Route object
    AS9009 M247 Europe SRL
    RIPE route object for AS9009 M247 Europe SRL, maintainer GLOBALAXS-MNT
  4. Jul 30, 2018
    Route object
    AS9009 M247 Europe SRL
    RADB route object for AS9009 M247 Europe SRL, maintainer MAINT-AS9009
  5. Nov 17, 2020
    Registry record
    M247 Europe SRL
    ALLOCATED PA
    185.253.96.0/22
  6. today
    Used
    CyberGhost
    VPN
  7. today
    Used
    Surfshark
    VPN
  8. today
    Used
    Trust.Zone
    VPN
  9. today
    Used
    Windscribe
    VPN

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
185.253.96.0/221,024RO-M247RO-20180404M247 Europe SRL (ORG-MES6-RIPE) · ROALLOCATED PANov 17, 2020[email protected]
└ 185.253.97.0/24256M247-LTD-OSLOM247 LTD Oslo InfrastructureASSIGNED PAApr 11, 2018[email protected]
via RO-M247RO-20180404

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

256 addresses
TypeAddressesShareRanges
Hosting23190%11
VPNanonymizer259.8%25

Network & registry

IPv4 market

Holder

Organization
M247 Europe SRL
Handle
ORG-MES6-RIPE
Range
185.253.96.0/22
Registration type
ALLOCATED PA
Record created
Nov 17, 2020
Origin network

AS9009

RO
Name
M247 Europe SRL
Type
Hosting
Registered
Jun 6, 2005
Domain
m247global.com
Website
www.m247global.com
Industry
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Spamhaus ASN-DROP
not listed
VPN servers
5,902
Tor exits
6