Security Report for IP:
172.235.205.98
Known Public Infrastructure (Akamai Global CDN)
🔬 Automation Forensics & Network Classification
🏛️ Public Infrastructure
🤖 How This IP Accessed The Site
DNS / Anycast Resolver (Akamai Global CDN)
Authoritative public Anycast infrastructure address. Not an interactive browser or active web scraper.
🌐 Network Connection Type (BGP ASN)
Public Anycast Infrastructure
AS63949 • Akamai Technologies, Inc.
🔍 Technical Signals & Evidence
- Authoritative Anycast Resolver
- No Interactive Browser Traffic
🏛️ Verified Public Infrastructure: Akamai Global CDN (Akamai Technologies)
This IP address is an official recursive Anycast DNS resolver. DNS resolvers do not browse, crawl, or scrape websites. Any historical abuse reports associated with this IP in threat databases are the result of malicious actors spoofing HTTP proxy headers (e.g.
X-Forwarded-For: 172.235.205.98) to disguise automated traffic.
| IP Address (Exact) | 172.235.205.98 |
| Reverse DNS (PTR) | 172-235-205-98.ip.linodeusercontent.com |
| City & Region / State | Osaka, Osaka (27) |
| Country / Nation | 🇯🇵 Japan (JP) |
| Network Type / Usage |
🏛️ Public Anycast Infrastructure (Akamai Global CDN)
Authoritative public Anycast DNS or CDN node.
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| ISP / Organization | Akamai Technologies, Inc. |
| Autonomous System (BGP) | AS63949 • Akamai Technologies, Inc. |
| Evaluation Verdict | Known Public Infrastructure (Akamai Global CDN) |
| First Detected | 2026-10-07 21:30:11 |
| Last Incident Recorded | 2026-10-07 21:30:11 |
Identified Attack Patterns & Activity
| Detected Attack Type / Pattern | Recorded Hits | Last Incident (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| [!] Automated Reconnaissance Scanner (Captured in IsMyBot Honeypot Sensors) | 1 requests | 2026-10-07 21:30:11 |
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Frequently Asked Questions & Host Intelligence
172.235.205.98
Full reputation profile and security audit for IP address
172.235.205.98: evaluated as Known Public Infrastructure (Akamai Global CDN). Reverse DNS: 172-235-205-98.ip.linodeusercontent.com • ISP: Akamai Technologies, Inc..
Is 172.235.205.98 a bot?
172.235.205.98 is currently evaluated as: Known Public Infrastructure (Akamai Global CDN).
172.235.205.98 whois & host details
Reverse DNS (PTR):
172-235-205-98.ip.linodeusercontent.com • ISP: Akamai Technologies, Inc..
172.235.205.98 abuse report
This IP address has confirmed records of automated web scraping and unauthenticated scraping probes.
Who owns 172.235.205.98?
172.235.205.98 is allocated to Akamai Technologies, Inc. in Japan.