IPinfo Company IP Address Data

Overview

The IPinfo Company IP Address Data provides insights into organization-backed internet traffic by mapping IP address ranges to the companies and organizations that own them. [Source: Page 2, "Dataset description"] The dataset is produced by IPinfo, which uses proprietary techniques and processes terabytes of data to deliver enriched IP data sets. [Source: Page 1, "Company Description"]

This dataset includes information about the type of organization that owns an IP address block, the name of the company, their website, and the country of operation. [Source: Page 2, "Dataset description"] Organizations are categorized into one of four types: ISP (internet service provider), hosting (data center and cloud services), business (large scale corporation), and education (universities and academic and research institutes). [Source: Page 2, "Dataset description"] The data can be used for threat intelligence applications, informing cybersecurity policies, or web personalization research. [Source: Page 2, "Dataset description"]

Data Description

The dataset is structured with one row per IP address range. [Source: Page 2, "Observation Level"] Each record contains the following fields:

NAME: The name of the company that owns the IP address block [Source: Page 2, "Observation Level"]
DOMAIN: The company's website [Source: Page 2, "Observation Level"]
TYPE: Organization type, categorized as Business, ISP, Hosting, or Education [Source: Page 2, "Observation Level"]
ASN: The associated Autonomous System Number [Source: Page 2, "Observation Level"]
AS_NAME: The name of the Autonomous System [Source: Page 2, "Observation Level"]
AS_DOMAIN: The domain of the Autonomous System [Source: Page 2, "Observation Level"]
AS_TYPE: The type of the Autonomous System [Source: Page 2, "Observation Level"]
COUNTRY: The country of operation, provided as an ISO 3166 country code [Source: Page 2, "Observation Level"]

Coverage

Not available in source documentation.

Methodology

IPinfo uses proprietary techniques and processes terabytes of data to deliver enriched IP data sets that enable researchers to deanonymize internet traffic. [Source: Page 1, "Company Description"]

Additional Notes

Additional documentation for this dataset is available at: https://ipinfo.io/data/ip-company [Source: Page 2, "Documentation links"]