Government Threat Center
IP-Based Cloaking
IP-Based Cloaking is the process of delivering one version of a Web page to one site visitor and a completely different version to another visitor. This is all done through a simple IP address detection. Why would a person or company want to do this? One of the main uses for this online trickery is to mislead government analysts and agents that are investigating a Web site. Learn more about IP Cloaking and how government agencies can deploy non-attribution solutions to ensure data integrity online.
IP-Based Blocking
IP-Based Blocking is similar to cloaking in that it detects a visitor’s IP address and determines whether or not the visitor will be allowed to enter into the Web site. Many nefarious Web administrators completely block law enforcement and government officials from viewing their sites altogether, in hopes of keeping their online activities hidden. Learn more about IP Blocking and how you can ensure agents, analysts, and government officials complete access to open source intelligence on the Internet.