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Re: Mystery CDN


From: Filip Hruska <fhr () fhrnet eu>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 17:54:57 +0000

Using Shodan, we can find other nodes belonging to the same CDN by searching for "FP6.1.1866.55", which is conveniently present in the "Server" HTTP header.

Skimming through the results, it would appear most of the nodes are on the Level 3 network. Picking one non-Level3 node at random (192.67.191.173) and doing an rDNS lookup reveals the following:

173.191.67.192.in-addr.arpa. 3600 IN    PTR LEVEL3-CDN-192-67-191-173.de.kpn-eurorings.net.

There's your answer. "Level 3 CDN".

Kind Regards,
Filip Hruska

On 6/17/20 6:09 PM, Justin Oeder wrote:
Former Level3 operates a CDN.  Might be worth looking into.

On Wed, Jun 17, 2020, 11:43 AM Stephen Satchell <list () satchell net <mailto:list () satchell net>> wrote:

    On 6/17/20 8:29 AM, Clinton Work wrote:
    > I'm struggling to determine which CDN owns the servers in
    CenturyLink prefix 8.240.0.0/12 <http://8.240.0.0/12>.   During
    the Call of Duty Season 4 update on June 11th from 06:00 UTC until
    08:30 UTC, we had 240 Gbps of traffic steaming into our network
    from CenturyLink prefix 8.240.0.0/12 <http://8.240.0.0/12>.   We
    originally thought it was Akamai, but they swear up and down that
    the servers don't belong to them.
    >
    > Here are some of the HTTP/HTTPS servers in 8.240.0.0/12
    <http://8.240.0.0/12>:
    > 8.253.151.248
    > 8.251.135.126
    > 8.240.167.126
    > 8.240.228.126
    > 8.240.168.126
    > 8.240.126.254
    > 8.240.191.254

    You might ask Level3.


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