Data as of Nov 7, 2026
196.253.240.0/21
279 residential-proxy exits · 30 daysNorth West University
Announcement
this exact prefix
No RPKI
Announced by
Type
Business
Risk
0 / 100 · Low
Recent change
New origin Jun 2026
its first announcement on record
Residential-proxy exits
Proxy exits
279
14% of its addresses · 30 days
Spread
8 of 8
/24s with at least one exit
Providers
44
selling exits here
Oct 8, 2026 – Nov 6, 2026
Exits seen per day
2.6K observations
/24s with the most always-on exits
| /24 | Always-on exits | Proxy exits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 196.253.247.0/24 | 0 | 44 | |
| 196.253.244.0/24 | 0 | 37 | |
| 196.253.245.0/24 | 0 | 37 | |
| 196.253.246.0/24 | 0 | 36 | |
| 196.253.240.0/24 | 0 | 35 | |
| 196.253.241.0/24 | 0 | 31 | |
| 196.253.242.0/24 | 0 | 30 | |
| 196.253.243.0/24 | 0 | 29 |
Proxy providers listing exits
- 711Proxy
- AnyIP
- BartProxies
- BestProxy
- BirdProxies
- BlurPath
- BottingTools
- BuyingProxy
- Byteful
- CatProxies
- CliProxy
- Datarama
- EZProxies
- EnigmaProxy
- Evomi
- FastProxy
- GSocks
- Geonix
- Geonode
- GhostConnect
- HideProxy
- IPFly
- IPPeak
- Infatica
- InfiniteProxies
- LemonBright
- LudaxProxy
- MangoProxy
- NSocks
- NodeProxy
- NovProxy
- NovaProxy
- Oxylabs
- Proxiware
- Proxy-Seller
- ProxyEmpire
- ProxyGeo
- Proxyma
- PuraRoute
- RainProxy
- Shifter
- Smartproxy
- VantageProxies
- VitalExclusive
Announcements
Less specific
Covering announcements
| Prefix | Origin | Type | Proxy exits | Holder | RPKI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 196.253.128.0/17 since Nov 2012 | AS8094 | Business | 1,014 | North West University |
Network & registry
Origin network
AS8094
ZA
- Name
- North West University
- Type
- Education
- Registered
- Apr 9, 1997
- Domain
- nwu.ac.za
- Industry
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- Spamhaus ASN-DROP
- not listed
Routing timeline
Covering aggregate above, the prefix's own history below
Summary
Routing history
- Pattern
- Stable
- First seen
- Jun 2026
- Current origin since
- Jun 2026 · 4 mo
- Origin networks
- 1
Whois
Registration for this announcement
- Range
- 196.
252. 0. 0/ 15 - Netname
- NWU
- Registrant
- North West University
- Registrant country
- ZA
- Organization
- North West University (ORG-PU1-AFRINIC)
- Org country
- ZA
- Type
- ASSIGNED PI
- Parent
- 196.
0. 0. 0 - 196. 255. 255. 255 - Created
- Not stated by the registry
- Maintainer
- AFRINIC-HM-MNT
- RIR
- AFRINIC
- Country
- ZA
- Delegated
- Jul 30, 2012
- Status
- assigned