Data as of Nov 9, 2026

198.23.242.0/24

2 anonymizer addresses · 0.78% · VPN1 residential-proxy exit · 30 days

HostPapa

Announcement
this exact prefix
No RPKI
Announced by
Type
Hosting
>99% of it

Residential-proxy exits

Proxy exits
1
0.39% of its addresses · 30 days
Oct 10, 2026 – Nov 8, 2026

Exits seen per day

3 observations
IPv4 market

Path

1 · Holder
record created Oct 5, 2012
2 · Leased from
not leased
3 · Announced by
AS36352 HostPapa
since Dec 2024 · 23 mo ago
4 · Use
VPN servicesnamed Windscribe
Hosting

Operators, sellers and brokers

VPN services

NameParentIn 198.23.242.0/24/24s
Windscribe
20.78%
1

Lineage

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

198.23.242.0/24

From the registry to its use

  1. Oct 5, 2012
    Registry record
    HostPapa
    Direct Allocation
    198.23.128.0/17
  2. Dec 7, 2024– today
    Announced
    AS36352 HostPapa
    Hosting
  3. 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
198.23.128.0/1732,768CC-10HostPapa (HOSTP-7) · USDirect AllocationOct 5, 2012net-abuse-global@hostpapa.com
└ 198.23.242.0/2816CC-198-23-242-0-28unknown———
└ 198.23.242.16/2816CC-198-23-242-0-28unknown———
└ 198.23.242.40/298CC-198-23-242-0-29unknown———
└ 198.23.242.52/304CC-198-23-242-0-30unknown———
└ 198.23.242.56/304CC-198-23-242-0-30unknown———
└ 198.23.242.76/304CC-198-23-242-0-30unknown———
└ 198.23.242.88/298CC-198-23-242-0-29unknown———
└ 198.23.242.128/304CC-198-23-242-0-30unknown———
└ 198.23.242.136/298CC-198-23-242-0-29unknown———
└ 198.23.242.144/2816CC-198-23-242-144-28ServerSentric (C11344921) · BDReassignedSep 9, 2025net-abuse-global@hostpapa.com
via CC-10
└ 198.23.242.160/2732CC-198-23-242-0-27unknown———
└ 198.23.242.192/298CC-198-23-242-0-29unknown———
└ 198.23.242.200/298CC-198-23-242-0-29unknown———
└ 198.23.242.220/304CC-198-23-242-0-30unknown———
└ 198.23.242.244/304CC-198-23-242-0-30unknown———

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
Hosting254>99%2
VPNanonymizer20.78%2

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
171
Tor exits
11