While there are legitimate reasons for website visitors to use a proxy server when surfing on a website, there are those who have more malicious intent such as fraudsters. For an online store, it is better to block users who connect to the website via proxy servers. Often, such people […]
How to detect Public Proxy in Flask
Introduction Flask is a lightweight web framework written in Python which makes it easy to develop a web application. It comes with a number of libraries to help web development. It is essential for developers to choose which libraries to use. This is because a good library can help in […]
Whitelist search engines for better SEO
Intro To perform well at Search Engine Optimization (SEO), you need to allow your website to be crawled by the search engine bots. Unfortunately, there are many types of bots that perform similar tasks. Not all of them are related to search engines. Therefore, you can optimize your firewall by […]
Top 5 Benefits of Geolocation in Business
Running an online business is tough with many competitors around. Seems like most traditional businesses are either already in the online space or transitioning in order to survive in the current challenging times. Integrating IP geolocation into your business can bring about multiple benefits which we’ll cover below. What is […]
Report of Firewall List in Year 2020
IP2Location Firewall List by Country is a free web service allowing users to export an IP address list of the targeted countries for firewall filtering purposes. The service supports a wide range of formats such as Apache .htaccess, Linux iptables, CIDR, Netmask, Inverse Netmask, IIS web.config, Cisco ACL, PeerGuardian2, network-object, […]
How different proxy types can affect your business
Intro In case you are wondering what is a proxy server, we’ll give you a simple analogy. What a proxy does is basically the job of a middleman. Essentially, one party will give orders to the proxy server and the proxy will then carry out the order with another party. […]
How to install and use IP2Trace on Linux for traceroute
IP2Trace is a tool which allows the user to get IP address information such as country, region, city, latitude, longitude, ZIP code, time zone, ISP, domain name, connection type, area code, weather, mobile network, elevation, usage type from traceroute probes IP address. Before getting started, please make sure you have […]
How to install and use IP2Trace on Mac OS for traceroute
IP2Trace is a tool which allows the user to get IP address information such as country, region, city, latitude, longitude, ZIP code, time zone, ISP, domain name, connection type, area code, weather, mobile network, elevation, usage type from traceroute probes IP address. Before getting started, please make sure you have […]
How to use IP2Proxy Matomo plugin to generate visitor proxy report
In this tutorial, we are going to guide you for installation and setup of IP2Proxy Matomo plugin. Login in to your Matomo administrator page. Go to System > Plugins. Click on the Install New Plugins button at the bottom of the page. Search for IP2Proxy from the Marketplace. Install and […]
Why do you need to block proxies from your online stores?
Intro With the current pandemic, businesses that are operating in traditional brick and mortar establishments would have found their revenues plummeting. People who would normally frequent the shops are now under movement restrictions that limit where they can go. Coupled with fear of getting infected by the coronavirus, most people […]