Overview
Hostwinds operates a cloud network associated with AS54290.
This record includes the representative IPv4 CIDR 23.238.0.0/17. It is not an exhaustive list of the network’s address space or current routing announcements.
This is a network-origin record, not an exact physical-facility location or proof that a request is automated. Evaluate the ASN and CIDR together with the User-Agent, request path, request rate, session behavior, and application context before enforcement.
Provider and network
- Provider Name
- Hostwinds
- Parent Provider
- HostPapa
- Organization
- HostPapa / Hostwinds LLC
- ISP
- HostPapa / Hostwinds LLC
- ASN
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AS54290 - ASN Name
- HOSTWINDS
- Network Name
- Hostwinds network (HostPapa)
- Services
- Cloud compute, VPS, hosting, managed services, APIs, crawlers, scrapers, automation
- Provider Type
- Cloud
- Network Type
- Cloud network
IP range
- IP Version
- IPv4
- IP / CIDR
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23.238.0.0/17 - Range Scope
- Representative
- Range Label
- Representative CIDR
- Range Start
-
23.238.0.0 - Range End
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23.238.127.255 - Example IP
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23.238.0.1 - Example IP Decimal
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401473537
Network scope
- Registry Country
- US
Traffic and handling
- Traffic Classification
- Cloud / Hosting Network Traffic
- Traffic Label
- Cloud / Hosting Network
- Risk Level
- Medium
- Recommended Action
- Log by default. Rate-limit or block only when behavior indicates abusive automation, scanning, scraping, credential attacks, or policy violations.
- Default Rule Action
- Log
- Common Pattern
- Traffic often appears as server, VPS, cloud, shared-hosting, dedicated-hosting, proxy, crawler, scanner, or automated application traffic.
- Detection Notes
- Match AS54290 and representative CIDR 23.238.0.0/17, then correlate the network identity with the User-Agent, request path, request rate, session behavior, and rule outcomes before enforcement.