# 158.69.197.98 — IP Intelligence Summary

158.69.197.98 is an IPv4 address operated by OVH Hosting, Inc. (AS16276), geolocated to Montreal, Canada. It belongs to datacenter or hosting infrastructure with reverse DNS name vps-38ab5601.vps.ovh.ca. As of November 7, 2026, IPDebrief rates it Moderate Risk (50/100); no anonymizing service was detected.

- Canonical page: https://ipdebrief.com/158.69.197.98
- Last updated: 2026-11-07

## Ownership

- Organization: OVH Hosting, Inc.
- Network name: OVH-VPS-158-69-192
- Allocated block: 158.69.192.0/21
- ASN: AS16276 (https://ipdebrief.com/asn/16276)
- Regional registry: ARIN
- Cloud / hosting provider: OVH

## Location

- City: Montreal
- Region: Quebec
- Country: Canada
- Time zone: —

## Network classification

- Infrastructure type: CloudCompute
- Datacenter / hosting: yes
- Residential: no
- Mobile: no
- Anycast: no
- Tor exit node: no
- VPN: no
- Proxy: no

## Risk assessment

- Assessment: Moderate Risk (50/100)
- Blocklist listings: 0
- Suspicious activity indicators: no
- Spam source: no

## Reverse DNS

- vps-38ab5601.vps.ovh.ca
- Forward-confirmed: yes

## Exposed services

- 22/tcp — ssh

## Analyst narrative

\# IP Intelligence Briefing: 158.69.197.98/32

**Date:** 2026-07-26

**Classification:** LOW RISK

\## Executive Summary

IP address 158.69.197.98 is a cloud hosting infrastructure address owned by OVH in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The IP presents a low risk profile (risk score: 25) with no active threat indicators, open services, or malicious behavior observed.

\## Profile Details

\- **Risk Score:** 25 (Low Risk)

\- **Provider:** OVH (Infrastructure Type: CloudCompute)

\- **Location:** Canada, Quebec, Montreal

\- **Network Origin:** ASN 16276, CIDR Block 158.69.0.0/16

\- **DNS PTR:** vps-38ab5601.vps.ovh.ca

\- **Forward Resolution:** Confirmed (1 hostname)

\- **Infrastructure Type:** Cloud Hosting

\- **Services:** No open ports detected (Firewalled/No Services)

\## Threat Assessment

\- **Threat Indicators:** None detected

\- **Blacklist Status:** Listed on 1 of 8 DNSBLs

\- **Known Campaigns:** None associated

\- **Is Tor Exit:** No

\- **Is Known Attacker:** No

\- **Is Spam Source:** No

\- **Abuse Confidence Score:** Not calculated

\- **Persistence Status:** Not persistently malicious

\## Historical Observations (15 signals)

Recent activity indicates stable infrastructure characteristics:

\- Geolocation consistently resolved to Canada (CA)

\- Provider attribution confirmed as OVH hosting

\- Operator score: 0.2609 (Basic classification)

\- DNSBL listing observed in 1 of 8 lists

\- No ownership changes recorded

\- Threat observation count: 0

\- No honeypot strikes or WAF violations

\## Relationship Analysis

\- **DNS Associations:** Single hostname (vps-38ab5601.vps.ovh.ca)

\- **Subnet Analysis:** 158.69.197.98/24

\- **Neighbor IPs:** 0 siblings detected

\- **Abuse Density:** 0 (No adjacent high/medium risk IPs)

\## Network Behavior

\- **BGP Route:** 158.69.0.0/16

\- **Route Stability:** Unstable

\- **MoAS Status:** False

\- **RPKI State:** Not validated

\- **DNSSEC:** Valid

\- **Traceroute:** 22 hops, transit networks include Comcast

\- **Control Plane:** Operator score 0.2609 (Basic)

\## Security Recommendations

No specific firewall rules or blocking actions recommended at this time. The IP presents a low-risk profile with no active malicious indicators. Standard cloud hosting monitoring protocols apply.

**Analysis Note:** This IP represents a standard OVH cloud hosting resource with no current threat indicators. The single DNSBL listing requires monitoring but does not constitute immediate blocking criteria.

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Source: IPDebrief, "158.69.197.98 IP intelligence", https://ipdebrief.com/158.69.197.98, updated 2026-11-07. Assessments are probabilistic.