Data sources

Every result on this site comes from a named source. Here is what each one measures, how to read its answer and where it can be wrong.

Reputation scores

A rating from 0 (clean) to 100 (risky). Each service watches different traffic, so they can disagree.

Blocklists

Downloaded lists of addresses seen attacking, scanning or spamming. An address is either listed or not.

DNS blocklists

Spam and abuse lists queried live over DNS.

Also used by the tools

Geolocation, routing and measurement data. Credits as required by their licences.