# 18.88.2.97 — IP Intelligence Summary

18.88.2.97 is an IPv4 address operated by Amazon Data Services Northern Virginia (AS16509), geolocated to Dallas, United States. Its reverse DNS name is ec2-18-88-2-97.compute-1.amazonaws.com. As of November 1, 2026, IPDebrief rates it Low Risk (20/100); no anonymizing service was detected.

- Canonical page: https://ipdebrief.com/18.88.2.97
- Last updated: 2026-11-01

## Ownership

- Organization: Amazon Data Services Northern Virginia
- Network name: AMAZON-IAD
- Allocated block: 18.88.0.0/18
- ASN: AS16509 (https://ipdebrief.com/asn/16509)
- Regional registry: ARIN
- Cloud / hosting provider: Amazon Web Services

## Location

- City: Dallas
- Region: TX
- Country: United States
- Time zone: America/Chicago

## Network classification

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

## Risk assessment

- Assessment: Low Risk (20/100)
- Blocklist listings: 0
- Suspicious activity indicators: no
- Spam source: no

## Reverse DNS

- ec2-18-88-2-97.compute-1.amazonaws.com
- Forward-confirmed: yes

## Analyst narrative

Intelligence Briefing: 18.88.2.97/32

**Risk Assessment:** The IP address registered a Low Risk reputation score of 20. No threat indicators, blacklist listings, or known campaign associations were observed.

**Infrastructure:** Ownership was attributed to Amazon Data Services Northern Virginia (AS16509) within the AMAZON-IAD CIDR block (18.88.0.0/18). DNS resolution confirmed the hostname ec2-18-88-2-97.compute-1.amazonaws.com. The network role was identified as a cloud provider with no open services detected.

**Technical Observations:** DNS hygiene was rated Good, with valid SPF and DMARC records present. Behavioral analysis recorded no honeypot hits or enumeration strikes.

**Anomalies:** A geolocation validation contradiction was noted. Claimed geolocation data contradicted RTT physics measurements, indicating a distance of 7997km against a measured minimum RTT of 63ms.

**Recommendation:** The system recommended monitoring the address for potential changes due to signal contradictions, with low severity assigned.

## Nearby addresses

- 18.88.2.60 (https://ipdebrief.com/18.88.2.60)
- 18.88.2.63 (https://ipdebrief.com/18.88.2.63)
- 18.88.2.143 (https://ipdebrief.com/18.88.2.143)
- 18.88.2.225 (https://ipdebrief.com/18.88.2.225)

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Source: IPDebrief, "18.88.2.97 IP intelligence", https://ipdebrief.com/18.88.2.97, updated 2026-11-01. Assessments are probabilistic.