[HN Gopher] The Shady World of IP Leasing
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       The Shady World of IP Leasing
        
       Author : alibarber
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2026-03-06 21:19 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | ACCount37 wrote:
       | Good. GeoIP should be dead, and "IP reputation" should be
       | meaningless garbage.
        
       | tptacek wrote:
       | I think all the points about IP reputation impact are well taken,
       | but as someone who had to deal with the RIRs at an ISP before and
       | who now works at a firm that buys blocks, I would 10x rather
       | operate in today's environment than in the old RIR environment.
       | It's transparent and predictable by comparison.
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       | I never had much faith in reputation to begin with, and the
       | residential block issue is muddied by the fact that large-scale
       | residential proxies already make that an unreliable abuse check.
        
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