202.8.43.27
IP Intelligence Briefing: 202.8.43.27
*Generated via IPDebrief tools (Profile, History, Relationships, Neighbors)*
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**1. Risk Assessment**
- Overall Risk: Moderate (Risk Score: 50)
- Threat Indicators: No active malware, phishing, or scanning detected. No known attacker campaigns or spam sources.
- Network Stability: Firewalled with no open ports; no TLS/HTTP services identified.
- DNS Associations: Linked to `sardine795.ahrefs.net` (Ahrefs Pte Ltd).
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**2. Ownership & Geolocation**
- ISP/Provider: Ahrefs Pte Ltd (ASN 140577, APNIC).
- Location: United States, Virginia, Sterling (39°N, 77.43°W).
- Registration: No direct RDAP/WHOIS data available.
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**3. Observed Behavior**
- Historical Signals:
- DNS records consistently tied to Ahrefs infrastructure.
- No recent IP reassignment or network changes.
- Low threat observation count (0 high/medium severity events in 30 days).
- Network Role: Residential-like geolocation but firewalled; no CDN/VPN/mobile indicators.
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**4. Relationships & Neighbors**
- Linked Entities:
- Repeated DNS associations with `sardine795.ahrefs.net`.
- Subnet `202.8.42.0/23` (Ahrefs crawler network).
- Neighborhood Risk:
- 71 IPs in subnet; 29 medium-risk, 40 low-risk neighbors.
- No high-risk siblings or abuse density anomalies.
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**5. Recommendations**
- Monitoring: Track DNS changes or unexpected traffic to `sardine795.ahrefs.net`.
- Firewall: Consider allowing traffic to Ahrefs ASN (140577) if legitimate.
- Investigation: Verify if the IP is part of Ahrefs' crawler infrastructure (common for SEO tools).
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*End of Briefing*
*Generated by IPDebrief – Factual analysis based on observed data.*
This summary was generated by AI and may contain inaccuracies. Verify critical details independently.
🏢 Ownership & Registration
| Organization | Ahrefs Pte Ltd administrator |
| ASN | AS140577 |
| Network Name | — |
| CIDR Block | — |
| RIR | APNIC |
| Country | — |
| Abuse Contact | Available via RDAP |
🌐 DNS Intelligence
| PTR | sardine795.ahrefs.net |
| Forward Confirmed | Yes — FCrDNS verified |
| Forward Hostnames | sardine795.ahrefs.net |
🔐 DNS Hygiene
| Hygiene Score | 60% (Good) |
| SPF | Not configured |
| DMARC | Not configured |
| FCrDNS | Verified |
| DNSSEC | Valid |
| CAA | Present |
☁️ Network Classification
| Infrastructure | Unknown |
| Service Purpose | Single-Service Host |
| Network Tier | Tier 3 — Basic operator with some routing infrastructure |
🔌 Services & Open Ports
| Port | Service | Protocol | Banner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | ssh | tcp | |
| Closed Ports | 25, 80, 443, 3389, 8080, 8443 (1 open / 7 scanned) | ||
| Server | — |
| HTTP Title | — |
| SSH Version | SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_9.2p1 Debian-2+deb12u10 |
🔐 TLS Certificate
| SANs | None |
| Valid From | — |
| Valid Until | — |
🎯 Confidence Breakdown
Per-dimension confidence scores based on source diversity and data freshness
| Dimension | Score | Sources | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|
| threat | 25% | 1 | 1 |
| routing | 25% | 1 | 1 |
| services | 13% | 1 | 1 |
| ownership | 27% | 2 | 3 |
| reputation | 13% | 1 | 1 |
| geolocation | 13% | 1 | 1 |
| Overall | 19% | 7 | 8 |
| Data Coherence | Mostly Consistent (80%) — 1 contradiction(s) |
| Attribution | Moderate (55%) |
| OwnershipFCrDNSGeo ConsensusGeo PlausibleIRR MatchRPKI Valid |
📅 Observation Timeline 🔄 Live
| First Seen | 2026-05-17 03:08:23 UTC |
| Last Seen | 2026-06-17 19:05:06 UTC |
| Profile Built | 2026-06-08 04:35:37 UTC |
| Data Freshness | Live |
| Signal Types | 21 |
| Total Observations | 23 |
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