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IP-Intelligence and IP-Shunning

Dear Reader, With this article we have arrived at the “last” layer of protection, which is actually the first one from the hud-chain point of view: Blocking on the IP layer. The idea is rather simp...
Published Jul 22, 2021
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The IP Intelligence feature is using the IP Reputation database from Webroot. One action you could take is checking out your egressing IP on this webpage and seeing if you show up within the database: https://www.brightcloud.com/tools/url-ip-lookup.php