Finally, a riveting annual roundup of IP addresses that nobody asked for 🤦♂️. Geoff Huston heroically gazes into his crystal ball only to tell us that, surprise, the Internet still exists in 2025 🥱. Meanwhile, the rest of us are left wondering if the column will ever address anything other than the mind-numbing💤.
https://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2026-01/addr2025.html #IPAddresses #Internet2025 #GeoffHuston #TechHumor #AnnualRoundup #HackerNews #ngated
#IpAddresses
IP Addresses Through 2025
https://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2026-01/addr2025.html
#HackerNews #IPAddresses #Future #Internet #Technology #IPv6 #Networking
Just added Web Reachability API (at least that’s what I’m calling it) support to https://ip.small-web.org.
It’s for testing the reachability of your Small Web servers (using a domain or, more importantly, an IPv4/IPv6 address). I’m using it to implement Web Numbers¹ support in Auto Encrypt² and Kitten³.
Protocol:
• At http://<endpoint> return an empty HTTP 200 response that includes the following custom header: 'web-reachability-id': ‘<uuid>'
• Hit: https://ip.small-web.org/reach/<endpoint>/<uuid>/
• If you get a 200 response back, your endpoint is reachable. Anything else signals an error.
Enjoy! 💕
¹ https://ar.al/2025/06/25/web-numbers/
² https://codeberg.org/small-tech/auto-encrypt
³ https://kitten.small-web.org
#WebReachabilityAPI #WebNumbers #IpAddresses #reachability #Kitten #AutoEncrypt #SmallWeb #peerToPeerWeb #SmallTech
Lifehacker: This Tool Can Tell You If Your Home Network Has Been Compromised. “IP Check, from threat monitoring firm GreyNoise, will alert you if your IP address has been observed scanning the internet as part of a botnet or residential proxy network.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/20/lifehacker-this-tool-can-tell-you-if-your-home-network-has-been-compromised/GBHackers: New GreyNoise IP Checker Helps Users Identify Botnet Activity. “The newly released GreyNoise IP Check is a simple, web-based tool that allows anyone to instantly verify whether their internet connection is being used by a botnet or a residential proxy network.”
Research: Italy’s Piracy Shield Is Just As Big A Disaster As Everyone Predicted
"This huge #databreach is why I'll never provide my #ID #online"
https://www.makeuseof.com/this-huge-data-breach-is-why-ill-never-provide-my-id-online/
On October 3, 2025, Discord revealed that a third-party #customerservice, #Zendesk, attached to its chat platform was #breached, exposing the #data of many of its users—no specific number was provided at the time.
The data included names, #Discord usernames, and email addresses, #IPaddresses, messages with #customer agents, and limited #billing information.
🚀🛰️ Oh, look, another "deep dive" trying to convince us that the Internet's lack of geographic addresses is a scandalous oversight. 🌍📡 Spoiler alert: #Starlink won't magically geotag your cat videos, and IP addresses still won't tell me if you're in Bogota or your mom's basement. 🙄
https://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2025-09/starlinkgeo.html #deepdive #internet #geotagging #IPaddresses #technologyoversight #HackerNews #ngated
#Cloudflare alleges that #Perplexity, an #AIsearch startup, is using “#stealthcrawling” techniques to access #blockedwebsites. Cloudflare claims Perplexity disguises its #crawlingidentity and uses rotating #IPaddresses to bypass restrictions. Perplexity denies the allegations, calling Cloudflare’s report a “publicity stunt”. https://www.theverge.com/news/718319/perplexity-stealth-crawling-cloudflare-ai-bots-report?eicker.news #tech #media #news
@drscriptt Naive question: WHEN does the average #Internet #user ever open up a webpage with an #IP address instead of a #domain or even #FQDN?
- Seriously, the only cases I saw were either some old, non-public - facing server in some B2B/API setting or a test that #httpd / #ngnix / #ssh / … function properly on like a #VPS and that the #DNS hasn't been updated (yet!) to include said host / FQDN in the records, and even then it's bad cuz you'd rather want to use it's FQDN instead because with #IPv4 shortages on one hand and tools like #Portainer on the other, one should not use an #IPaddress as addressing method because #WAF / #Proxies used to "#MUX" / "#NAT" services under one IP address or #IPv6 block may need that distinction by being queried for a specific FQDN...
The Idea if !SSL / #TLD for #IPaddresses makes me feel like Jeff Goldblum!
In a groundbreaking revelation, Aral Balkan unveils the revolutionary concept of... using IP addresses, because domains are just so last century! 🌐✨ Apparently, the "Small Web" is about to make a big splash (or maybe just a ripple) with its dazzling #innovation of... personal websites. 🙄💻
https://ar.al/2025/06/25/web-numbers/ #AralBalkan #SmallWeb #IPAddresses #PersonalWebsites #HackerNews #ngated
Thanking the @letsencrypt folks for the excellent work they do, and especially for their upcoming support for security certificates for IP addresses which is nothing short of revolutionary for the future of the (Small) Web.
https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/getting-ready-to-issue-ip-address-certificates/238777/22
#SmallWeb #security #IPAddresses #WebNumbers #LetsEncrypt #SmallTech #decentralisation #peerToPeerWeb #findability
Introducing Web Numbers
Domains? Where we’re going, we don’t need domains!
Get ready for an exciting new (old?) way to address (small) web sites in 2026.
https://ar.al/2025/06/25/web-numbers/
💕
(Thanks to @letsencrypt.)
#WebNumbers #SmallWeb #domainNames #IPAddresses #TLS #HTTPS #LetsEncrypt #web #decentralisation #SmallTech
#Mozilla Upgrades #Firefox #VPN: Customize #IPAddresses Per Website
https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2025/03/mozilla-upgrades-firefox-vpn-customize.html
ICYMI: Google to leverage IP addresses for CTV advertising: How new policy changes will impact household targeting across connected TV platforms. https://ppc.land/google-to-leverage-ip-addresses-for-ctv-advertising/ #Google #CTV #Advertising #IPAddresses #DigitalMarketing
Google to leverage IP addresses for CTV advertising: How new policy changes will impact household targeting across connected TV platforms. https://ppc.land/google-to-leverage-ip-addresses-for-ctv-advertising/ #Google #CTVAdvertising #DigitalMarketing #IPAddresses #ConnectedTV
🌐 Types of IP Addresses Every Cybersecurity Learner Should Know 🔐
As a cybersecurity learner, understanding IP addresses is crucial for securing networks, identifying potential threats, and properly managing devices. IP addresses serve as unique identifiers for devices on a network and help to route data to the correct destination.
#CyberSecurity #IPAddresses #Networking #IPv4 #IPv6 #PrivateIP #PublicIP #StaticIP
Ever wondered how devices seamlessly communicate across the digital world?
Learn about IPv4 vs. IPv6, the magic of subnet masks, and how CIDR notation keeps networks organized and optimized.
Read the blog post here: https://woodruff.dev/decoding-ip-addressing-and-subnetting-the-backbone-of-networking/
So, I guess we're abandoning Telegram now?
Telegram will now provide IP addresses and phone numbers in response to legal requests
#Telegram #IPAddresses #Legal #France #Security #InfoSec #Encryption #Tech
It's amazing what a $900K/day fine can do 😁
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New #software allowed the app to use constantly changing identifying #IPAddresses via a service called #Cloudflare, making it harder to block.
#ABRINT said Thursday #that X had now stopped using Cloudflare. #ElonMusk #SocialMedia
After court order, X goes offline again in #Brazil
https://www.yahoo.com/news/brazil-judge-orders-x-reimpose-143012497.html
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