Wikipedia:Open proxies noticeboard

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The Open proxies noticeboard seeks to identify, verify and block open proxies and anonymity network exit nodes. To prevent abuse or vandalism, only proxy checks by verified users will be accepted. All users are welcome to discuss on the talk page, report possible proxies, or request that a blocked IP be rechecked.

  • If you've been blocked as an open proxy, please see: Help:blocked.
  • To report a proxy check or an incorrect block, see the #Reporting section.

Reporting

Please report IP addresses you suspect are open proxies below. A project member will scan or attempt to connect to the proxy, and if confirmed will block the address.

File a new report here
I.
For block requests:

Verify that the following criterion has been met:

  • The IP has made abusive contributions within the past week
For unblock requests:

Verify that the following criteria has been met:

  • No current criteria
II.

For block requests Replace "IP" below with the IP address you are reporting.


For unblock requests Replace "IP" below with the IP address you are reporting.


III. Fill out the resulting page and fill-in the requested information.
IV. Save the page.

Requests

49.43.216.152

– This proxy check request is closed and will soon be archived by a bot.

Reason: Call back proxy? Guy Macon (talk) 00:24, 3 November 2026 (UTC)

no No action. This is a particular type of proxy that sits on the device of a user, often through a dodgy app or malware, and is typically used by a third party for automated functions such as web scraping and data harvesting without the user's knowledge. Extremely transient, traffic from the device may be a mix of legitimate and illegitimate use. Behaviourally, there is no suggestion of automated edits here and the topics edited seem appropriate for the location. These edits are most probably not proxy use plus the connection is to a dynamic mobile network and the device will have moved on to a new connection. — Malcolmxl5 (talk) 18:36, 7 November 2026 (UTC)

2600:9c07::/32

– This proxy check request is closed and will soon be archived by a bot.

ASN 7979 servers.com Reason: ASN 7979 servers.com — rsjaffe 🗣️ 04:35, 3 November 2026 (UTC)

Range blocked. Yes, this is a straight up hosting and infrastructure provider. Blocked. — Malcolmxl5 (talk) 18:46, 7 November 2026 (UTC)

178.17.171.33

– This proxy check request is closed and will soon be archived by a bot.

Reason: Flagged as an Octohide VPN; picked up via a report of disruptive editing at ANI. — Malcolmxl5 (talk) 08:23, 14 November 2026 (UTC)

Range blocked. Reblocked the /20 as a webhost (Trabia SRL). The individual IP is already blocked as a proxy. — Malcolmxl5 (talk) 08:40, 14 November 2026 (UTC)

162.141.17.100

– This proxy check request is closed and will soon be archived by a bot.

Reason: Owned by HostPapa, picked up via SPI when following up previous report. — Malcolmxl5 (talk) 08:55, 14 November 2026 (UTC)

Range blocked. Blocked the /24 as a webhost/colocation provider (HostPapa). — Malcolmxl5 (talk) 08:59, 14 November 2026 (UTC)

172.216.14.166

– This proxy check request is closed and will soon be archived by a bot.

Reason: Flagged as a Surfshark VPN, disruptive editing. —Malcolmxl5 (talk) 12:32, 14 November 2026 (UTC)

Range blocked. Blocked the /24 as a webhosting provider (Cyberzone). Also 172.216.15.0/24. — Malcolmxl5 (talk) 12:50, 14 November 2026 (UTC)

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