# 196.216.8.31 — IP Intelligence Summary

196.216.8.31 is an IPv4 address announced by AS36913, with approximate network location Cape Town, South Africa. Its reverse DNS name is ns1.bdsmw.com. As of November 12, 2026, IPDebrief rates it Low Risk (0/100); no anonymizing service was detected.

- Canonical page: https://ipdebrief.com/196.216.8.31
- Last updated: 2026-11-12

## Ownership

- Organization: Lydia Phiri
- Network name: 196.216.8.0 - 196.216.8.127
- Allocated block: 196.216.8.0/25
- ASN: AS36913 (https://ipdebrief.com/asn/36913)
- Regional registry: AFRINIC
- Registered holder: Lydia Phiri
- Routing operator: —
- Network registration country: MW
- Registrant address country: —

## Location

- City: Cape Town
- Region: 11
- Country: South Africa
- Time zone: Africa/Johannesburg

Approximate network location; registration and certificate addresses are not server-location evidence.

## Network classification

- Infrastructure type: —
- Datacenter / hosting: no
- Residential: no
- Mobile: no
- Anycast: Unverified (not proof of unicast)
- Tor exit node: no
- VPN: no
- Proxy: no

## Risk assessment

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

## Reverse DNS

- ns1.bdsmw.com
- Forward-confirmed: no

## DNS posture

Mail authentication and CAA are optional domain policies, not IP-wide requirements.

- spf: Not checked
- dmarc: Not checked
- fcrDns: Not checked
- dnssec: Not checked
- caa: Not checked

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Source: IPDebrief, "196.216.8.31 IP intelligence", https://ipdebrief.com/196.216.8.31, updated 2026-11-12. Assessments are probabilistic.