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If any HN community members are doing web scraping that may benefit from residential proxies rather than datacenter IPs, I can get you set up with some free tes

by rdbell 7y ago

If any HN community members are doing web scraping that may benefit from residential proxies rather than datacenter IPs, I can get you set up with some free test credits on our residential proxy network: https://packetstream.io https://packetstream.io We tunnel requests through real opt-in residential ISP users. Send us a message via our contact form and we'll load up your account with some test credits. Happy scraping!

nickthemagicman 7y ago
That's badass but how do they stop from being banned? Like if I scrape Craigslist enough and get that IP banned the resident can't visit Craigslist? I don't know enough about this to understand. Or would it cycle through the proxy IPs real fast?
- surewhynat 7y ago
  usually these are controlled via an api of some sort. depending on the distributed system. another popular solution is hola which offers basically the same thing, albeit I think worse prices when I was using it than this one...
- rdbell 7y ago
  > Or would it cycle through the proxy IPs real fast? Exactly. PacketStream lets you change your visible IP with each request. If you need a persistent IP/geolocation that can be configured as part of the request.
  - nickthemagicman 7y ago
    That is totally badass. Thanks.
jackcodes 7y ago
The coolest use of a botnet I’ve seen in a while!
cyranodb 7y ago
Sounds a lot like you're resnet: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/08/the-rise-of-bulletproof-residential-networks/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/08/the-rise-of-bulletproof-...