# 66.249.79.6 — IP Intelligence Summary

66.249.79.6 is an IPv4 address operated by Google LLC (AS15169), geolocated to CA, United States. It belongs to datacenter or hosting infrastructure with reverse DNS name crawl-66-249-79-6.googlebot.com. As of October 11, 2026, IPDebrief rates it Low Risk (25/100); no anonymizing service was detected.

- Canonical page: https://ipdebrief.com/66.249.79.6
- Last updated: 2026-10-11

## Ownership

- Organization: Google LLC
- Network name: GOOGLE
- Allocated block: 66.249.64.0/19
- ASN: AS15169 (https://ipdebrief.com/asn/15169)
- Regional registry: ARIN
- Cloud / hosting provider: Googlebot

## Location

- City: CA
- Region: —
- Country: United States
- 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: Low Risk (25/100)
- Blocklist listings: 0
- Suspicious activity indicators: no
- Spam source: no

## Reverse DNS

- crawl-66-249-79-6.googlebot.com
- Forward-confirmed: yes

## Analyst narrative

\# IP Intelligence Briefing: 66.249.79.6

\## Executive Summary

IP address 66.249.79.6 is a legitimate Googlebot web crawler with a low-risk profile (Risk Score: 20). The IP belongs to Google LLC (ASN 15169) within the 66.249.64.0/19 CIDR block. No security actions are recommended based on current threat intelligence data.

\## Ownership and Classification

\- **Organization:** Google LLC

\- **ASN:** 15169 (GOOGLE)

\- **Network Block:** 66.249.64.0/19

\- **Network Role:** Googlebot (web crawler)

\- **Infrastructure Type:** CloudCompute

\- **Classification:** Cloud infrastructure, not residential or proxy

\## Technical Profile

\- **DNS Resolution:** crawl-66-249-79-6.googlebot.com (forward confirmed)

\- **PTR Record:** crawl-66-249-79-6.googlebot.com

\- **Open Ports:** None detected (firewalled/no services exposed)

\- **TLS Certificate:** None

\- **Blacklist Status:** Not listed on any threat feeds

\- **Tor/Proxy:** Not a Tor exit node, proxy, or VPN

\## Geolocation Assessment

\- **Reported Location:** United States

\- **Validation Status:** GEOLOCATION VALIDATION FAILED

\- **Issue:** Observed RTT (85ms) is below minimum possible RTT (152.5ms) for claimed distance (7,626km), indicating potential anycast routing or geolocation data inaccuracy

\- **Impact:** This does not indicate malicious activity; it is consistent with Google's anycast infrastructure

\## Threat Intelligence Assessment

\- **Risk Score:** 20/100 (Low Risk)

\- **Abuse Confidence Score:** Not applicable (legitimate infrastructure)

\- **Campaign Indicators:** None detected

\- **Known Threats:** No association with known attack campaigns or malicious activity

\- **Historical Observations:** 19 total observations with consistent benign behavior

\## Neighborhood Analysis (66.249.79.0/24)

\- **Abuse Density:** 0 (no abuse detected in subnet)

\- **Total Neighbor IPs:** 11

\- **Risk Distribution:** 0 high, 3 medium, 8 low risk

\- **Key Observations:**

\- 66.249.79.5: Risk 0 (lowest risk)

\- 66.249.79.7, .8, .64, .69, .70, .71, .76: Risk 25-50 (legitimate Google infrastructure)

\- Authority scores predominantly 90, indicating trusted infrastructure

\## Relationship Graph

All 7 identified relationships link to:

\- Network entity: GOOGLE

\- DNS hostname: crawl-66-249-79-6.googlebot.com

\- Consistent Googlebot operational footprint

\## Recommended Actions

**No security actions recommended.** This IP represents legitimate Google search crawler infrastructure. The absence of open ports and services, combined with zero blacklist listings and low risk score, confirms benign operational status.

\## Intelligence Conclusion

66.249.79.6 is confirmed as legitimate Googlebot crawler infrastructure operating within Google's standard anycast network. The geolocation validation failure is attributable to anycast routing patterns, not malicious behavior. No defensive measures are required; standard logging and monitoring suffices.

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*Report generated: IPDebrief Intelligence Platform*

*Classification: Defensive Security Intelligence*

## Nearby addresses

- 66.249.79.5 (https://ipdebrief.com/66.249.79.5)
- 66.249.79.7 (https://ipdebrief.com/66.249.79.7)
- 66.249.79.8 (https://ipdebrief.com/66.249.79.8)
- 66.249.79.64 (https://ipdebrief.com/66.249.79.64)
- 66.249.79.65 (https://ipdebrief.com/66.249.79.65)
- 66.249.79.66 (https://ipdebrief.com/66.249.79.66)
- 66.249.79.67 (https://ipdebrief.com/66.249.79.67)
- 66.249.79.69 (https://ipdebrief.com/66.249.79.69)
- 66.249.79.70 (https://ipdebrief.com/66.249.79.70)
- 66.249.79.71 (https://ipdebrief.com/66.249.79.71)
- 66.249.79.76 (https://ipdebrief.com/66.249.79.76)

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Source: IPDebrief, "66.249.79.6 IP intelligence", https://ipdebrief.com/66.249.79.6, updated 2026-10-11. Assessments are probabilistic.