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News and analysis on IP addresses, the networks behind them, and the bots that abuse them.

  • Carding
  • E-Commerce
  • Fraud

How to Prevent Carding Attacks?

Carding increases risk of fraud for online stores. Here we explain what carding is and how IP geolocation can help avoid such a fraud as part of any existing payment solution.

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  • Geolocation API
  • Ipinfo
  • Ipinfo.io

Ipinfo.io Alternative: Ipregistry vs Ipinfo Compared

Looking for an Ipinfo.io alternative? Side-by-side comparison of Ipregistry vs Ipinfo: pricing, geolocation accuracy, threat data, and a free tier with 20,000 lookups.

4 min read
  • Country
  • Flags
  • ISO-3166

Free Country Flag Images

Ipregistry aggregates flags for all of 249 countries around the world according to ISO-3166 standard.

1 min read
  • AS
  • ASN
  • Autonomous System

What Is an Autonomous System? ASNs, ASN Data and Lookup Explained

An Autonomous System (AS) is a set of IP prefixes under one routing policy, identified by an ASN. Learn what ASN data reveals about an IP address and how to look it up with whois, Cymru, PeeringDB, CAIDA or an API.

8 min read
  • Geolocation API
  • Ipstack
  • Ipstack.com

Ipstack Alternative: Ipregistry vs Ipstack Compared

Looking for an Ipstack alternative? Side-by-side comparison of Ipregistry vs Ipstack: pricing, threat data, carrier and company data, and a free tier with 20,000 lookups.

3 min read
  • Accuracy
  • IP Geolocation
  • Misconceptions

7 Misconceptions About IP Geolocation

IP geolocation exists for more than 20 years and is widely used worldwide in a variety of applications. Unfortunately, there are still some myths around exactly what this technology is and what it can do.

4 min read