Block this fake proxy traffic?

Okay, I'm manually going through my Cloudflare and I'm searching top IP's.

I found this one: 45.128.78.194



When I go to RapidSeedbox website, they sell rotating residential proxies, which is obviously people sending fake traffic to my website.

Correct?

Now, there is a different ip 104.28.214.161:

It has "Hosting" as TRUE. Does this mean it is a bad ip too, and I should block it?

Being marked as "Hosting: TRUE" means it’s coming from a data center, which could indicate bot traffic, but some legit services also use hosting IPs. Instead of blocking outright, check for patterns like repeated visits with no engagement before deciding.

ristoriel said:

Being marked as "Hosting: TRUE" means it’s coming from a data center, which could indicate bot traffic, but some legit services also use hosting IPs. Instead of blocking outright, check for patterns like repeated visits with no engagement before deciding.

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What if a website has a “cloudflare ip address” (hosting =true) and users are visiting our iframe embed source on their website? Would it show up as a cloudflare ip address even though it is a legitimate user?

Just an idea -- you could tackle this problem from the other end too. Instead of blocking suspicious connection attempts in real-time, you could analyze the data retrospectively and adjust the site’s metrics accordingly. You could even include this in the Terms of Use something like: "The platformname reserves the right to recalculate metrics within a one-week period and adjust user payouts if fraudulent activity is detected".

Bots often reveal themselves through unnatural, repetitive activity patterns that deviate from the "normal distribution" of user behavior on your site.

This kind of analytical approach seems useful anyway, because sooner or later, bots will find a way to bypass your current protection. But by analyzing the data after the fact, you can identify a group of “parasitic” visits and take a closer look at their metadata. That might help you spot gaps in your defenses that still need to be addressed.