Virtual Private Network servers are proxy servers that people use daily when browsing the Internet.
As most of us are aware, websites track their visitors for advertising and marketing purposes.
That's the same reason that people use residential proxy servers.
As residential proxy servers are actually home computers that are used by real individuals, websites have a much harder time differentiating between a real user and a proxy user.
A proxy server can make the user appear to originate from a different country than their actual location.
Being able to detect if the user is on a VPN or a residential proxy gives the merchant the option to block or request identity verification.
Return the Geolocation and Proxy Details for an IP Address Website developers can utilize the IP2Location.io.
NET SDK to query the IP2Location.io API for their website visitor's IP address.
Just pump in the IP address and get back IP geolocation data as well as proxy info in the same result.
The proxy data returned by the API can indicate if the user is utilizing a VPN or residential proxy servers.
Online sellers need to detect such proxy usages as malicious actors frequently use them to commit order fraud.
By hiding behind a proxy server, the website is unable to determine the actual geolocation for the user.
Order fraud screening relies on accurate geolocation to cross check the IP geolocation country vs. the billing or shipping address.
With a proxy, a scammer in Nigeria can pretend to be a shopper located in the United States.
Let's See How To Use VB.NET to Query IP2Location.io for Proxy and Geolocation Take note that we're going to be using Visual Studio 2022 to create our code and run it.
Run the Test Code Run the code to query data for the 8.8.8.8 IP address and you'll see the below output.
Proxy => is botnet: False That's a lot of data that developers can use.
For online merchants, checking the is vpn and is residential proxy fields is vital to prevent bad actors from making fraudulent purchases.
As for developers, the wealth of geolocation data provided can be utilized in a multitude of ways to improve your website's user experience.
Even with the free plan that only provides basic geolocation data, it's still pretty useful for developers to enhance their websites' offerings.
This Cyber News was published on feeds.dzone.com. Publication date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 16:43:05 +0000