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Originally Posted by Mayhard Could you elaborate on those tests please? What kind of tests are you referring to? |
At the basic level, I am referring to IP reputation testing.
There are many websites that let you check this, using different criteria.
Here is a couple sites that perform such lookups:
https://getipintel.net/index.php#web https://www.ipqualityscore.com/free-...proxy-vpn-test
You can also search "ip reputation lookup" or similar for others.
In addition, I also check the WHOIS of the proxy providers network to see how it's subnetted and who else might be using it. For example, if I expect an USA proxy and see the network range is assigned to a Canadian host, or has foreign details, it's no good to me. Using WHOIS detail I also find out the actual webhost (internet provider) the proxy/
VPN service is using and do research on that company. Do they have any "abuse" or past issues? Are they a known spamhost or botnet? If I notice anything even remotely like that, I avoid.
There are also other "tests" I won't go into here, as they are more complex and will take too long to explain in a technical sense.
This research takes a little while but it's well worth the investment to avoid any problems with my stealth accounts.
Financial sites (such as banks) and you can also bet PayPal use services such as Maxmind that tell them how "risky" a network or IP is. That's why I don't recommend known and public
VPN services like Nord, HideMyAss, StrongVPN, Hostspot Shield, CyberGhost, ExpressVPN, etc... The free ones are even worse, and will take you on a fast trip to ban street.
IP addresses are not the only thing you need to be concerned about. Knowing the basics of having a secure and safe stealth setup are far more important. If you are new at this, this is why you need to get and read the
stealth guide backward and forward.