Cloud Provider
Detected- Provider Names
- IBM
Reported location
North Carolina, United States (US)
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United States
35.90841, -78.86284
Threat score
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Abuse contact
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Autonomous system
IBM Cloud
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Associated company
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Network route
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Time zone
2026-10-05 19:15
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United States
35.90841, -78.86284
User agent string
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Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)
{
"ip" : "206.253.236.136",
"hostname" : "206.253.236.136",
"location" : {
"district" : "Research Triangle Park",
"city" : "Durham",
"locality" : "Durham",
"zipcode" : "27709",
"latitude" : "35.90841",
"longitude" : "-78.86284",
"continent_code" : "NA",
"continent_name" : "North America",
"country_code2" : "US",
"country_code3" : "USA",
"country_name" : "United States",
"country_name_official" : "United States of America",
"country_capital" : "Washington, D.C.",
"state_prov" : "North Carolina",
"state_code" : "US-NC",
"accuracy_radius" : "18.306",
"confidence" : "medium",
"dma_code" : "560",
"is_eu" : false,
"country_flag" : "https://ipgeolocation.io/static/flags/us_64.png",
"geoname_id" : "6511896",
"country_emoji" : "🇺🇸"
},
"country_metadata" : {
"tld" : ".us",
"languages" : [ "en-US", "es-US", "haw", "fr" ],
"calling_code" : "+1"
},
"network" : {
"route" : "206.253.232.0/21",
"connection_type" : "",
"is_anycast" : false,
"is_cdn" : false,
"cdn_provider_name" : ""
},
"currency" : {
"code" : "USD",
"name" : "US Dollar",
"symbol" : "$"
},
"asn" : {
"organization" : "IBM Cloud",
"country" : "US",
"type" : "HOSTING",
"domain" : "ibm.com",
"rir" : "ARIN",
"as_number" : "AS36351",
"date_allocated" : "2005-12-12"
},
"company" : {
"name" : "ibm",
"type" : "",
"domain" : ""
},
"security" : {
"threat_score" : 5,
"is_tor" : false,
"is_proxy" : false,
"proxy_provider_names" : [ ],
"proxy_confidence_score" : 0,
"proxy_last_seen" : "",
"is_residential_proxy" : false,
"is_vpn" : false,
"vpn_provider_names" : [ ],
"vpn_confidence_score" : 0,
"vpn_last_seen" : "",
"is_relay" : false,
"relay_provider_name" : "",
"is_anonymous" : false,
"is_known_attacker" : false,
"is_bot" : false,
"bot_confidence_score" : 0,
"bot_operator_name" : "",
"bot_type" : "",
"is_known_good_bot" : false,
"bot_last_seen" : "",
"is_spam" : false,
"is_cloud_provider" : true,
"cloud_provider_name" : "IBM",
"is_corporate_gateway" : false,
"corporate_gateway_type" : "",
"corporate_gateway_provider_name" : ""
},
"abuse" : {
"route" : "206.253.224.0/19",
"country" : "US",
"name" : "Registrar Authority, Internet numbers",
"organization" : "IBM",
"kind" : "group",
"address" : "3039 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709-2195, United States",
"emails" : [ "ipreg@us.ibm.com" ],
"phone_numbers" : [ "+18004267378" ]
},
"time_zone" : {
"name" : "America/New_York",
"offset" : -5.0,
"offset_with_dst" : -4.0,
"current_time" : "2026-10-05 19:15:37.453-0400",
"current_time_unix" : 1.791242137453E9,
"current_tz_abbreviation" : "EDT",
"current_tz_full_name" : "Eastern Daylight Time",
"standard_tz_abbreviation" : "EST",
"standard_tz_full_name" : "Eastern Standard Time",
"is_dst" : true,
"dst_savings" : 1,
"dst_exists" : true,
"dst_tz_abbreviation" : "EDT",
"dst_tz_full_name" : "Eastern Daylight Time",
"dst_start" : {
"utc_time" : "2026-03-08 TIME 07:00",
"duration" : "+1.00H",
"gap" : true,
"date_time_after" : "2026-03-08 TIME 03:00",
"date_time_before" : "2026-03-08 TIME 02:00",
"overlap" : false
},
"dst_end" : {
"utc_time" : "2026-11-01 TIME 06:00",
"duration" : "-1.00H",
"gap" : false,
"date_time_after" : "2026-11-01 TIME 01:00",
"date_time_before" : "2026-11-01 TIME 02:00",
"overlap" : true
}
},
"user_agent" : {
"user_agent_string" : "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)",
"name" : "ClaudeBot",
"type" : "Robot",
"version" : "1.0",
"version_major" : "1",
"device" : {
"name" : "Anthropic ClaudeBot",
"type" : "Robot",
"brand" : "Anthropic",
"cpu" : "Unknown"
},
"engine" : {
"name" : "ClaudeBot",
"type" : "Robot",
"version" : "1.0",
"version_major" : "1"
},
"operating_system" : {
"name" : "Cloud",
"type" : "Cloud",
"version" : "??",
"build" : "??",
"version_major" : "??"
}
}
}
Evaluation checklist
What the data tells you about 206.253.236.136.
IBM Cloud operates AS36351, the autonomous system announcing this address. The associated company is ibm; the reported network is 206.253.232.0/21.
View ASN APIIP location comes from routing, registry and measurement data. It can shift when IBM Cloud reassigns the block, so treat Durham as an estimate, not a fixed point.
View IP Location API
The listed abuse contact is Registrar Authority, Internet numbers. Include the source IP, timestamps with a timezone, and relevant logs so the contact can investigate.
View Abuse Contact APIFor developers
Add IP location, network, and security data to your application.
curl --get 'https://api.ipgeolocation.io/v3/ipgeo' \
--data-urlencode 'apiKey=YOUR_API_KEY' \
--data-urlencode 'ip=206.253.236.136' \
--data-urlencode 'include=*'{ "ip": "206.253.236.136" }