Product · Privacy, Anonymity & Threat Intelligence

Explainable VPN, proxy, Tor, and residential relay detection with reason codes

Detect commercial VPN exits, open SOCKS/HTTP proxies, Tor exit relays, datacenter hosting proxies, and high-velocity scanners with deterministic evidence codes you can log and audit.

Anonymizer classes9 typesVPN, proxy, Tor, private relay & more
Evidence codesDeterministicreason_codes array on every match
Abuse velocity0 to 100Active honeypot & scanner scoring
False-positive SLA< 24h reviewDirect POST /v1/feedback pipeline
anonymity family

Four boolean flags plus specific anonymizer_type and reason_codes

Opaque risk scores make it impossible to explain why a legitimate customer was challenged. ipscope pairs calibrated confidence scores with explicit boolean flags and machine-readable reason_codes.

  • is_vpn: Active commercial or self-hosted VPN exit nodes verified via WireGuard, OpenVPN, and IKEv2 handshakes.
  • is_tor_exit: Synchronized hourly against the active Tor exit consensus.
  • is_proxy & is_hosting: Open proxies, residential proxy relays, and cloud/VPS ranges.
  • anonymizer_type: Distinguishes consumer privacy relays (private_relay) from high-risk anonymizers.
{
  "security": {
    "is_vpn": true,
    "is_hosting": true,
    "is_tor_exit": false,
    "is_proxy": false,
    "anonymizer_type": "vpn",
    "confidence": 0.96,
    "reason_codes": [
      "vpn_handshake_confirmed",
      "datacenter_asn_range"
    ]
  }
}
security_extensions family

Honeypot abuse velocity and internet-wide scanner recency

For fraud engines, WAF rules, and SIEM enrichment pipelines that need active threat telemetry beyond static anonymizer lists, security_extensions tracks live hostile traffic observations.

  • abuse_velocity_score: Normalized 0 to 100 score derived from credential-stuffing and darknet honeypot hits.
  • is_known_scanner: Flags addresses actively sweeping TCP/UDP ports across our sensor network.
  • observation_recency_hours: Hours elapsed since the most recent confirmed anonymizer or scanner packet.
{
  "security_extensions": {
    "abuse_velocity_score": 84,
    "is_known_scanner": true,
    "observation_recency_hours": 2
  }
}

Security & threat intelligence fields

Fields returned in security and security_extensions.

FieldTypeFamilyDescription
security.is_vpnbooleananonymityTrue when the IP is an active commercial or self-hosted VPN exit node.
security.is_tor_exitbooleananonymityTrue when listed in the active Tor exit relay consensus.
security.is_proxybooleananonymityTrue for open HTTP/SOCKS proxies and residential proxy relays.
security.is_hostingbooleanhostingTrue when routed by a cloud, VPS, or colocation provider ASN.
security.anonymizer_typestringanonymityvpn, proxy, tor_exit, tor_relay, hosting_proxy, apple_private_relay, or none.
security.reason_codesstring[]anonymityDeterministic evidence codes (e.g. vpn_handshake_confirmed).
security_extensions.abuse_velocity_scorenumber | nullsecurity_extensionsNormalized 0 to 100 abuse velocity score.
security_extensions.is_known_scannerboolean | nullsecurity_extensionsTrue when observed performing internet-wide port scanning.
security_extensions.observation_recency_hoursinteger | nullsecurity_extensionsHours since the most recent active security observation.

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