Stopping Geolocation Fraud Via “Rented” Residential IPs at the CDN Level to Protect Territorial Content Rights

Artur Pawlak

This paper explains the process of VPN detection and blocking at both the OTT interface and CDN level, and gives examples of how it is used to stop the abuse of premium VPNs that are using hijacked residential IP addresses to circumvent the territorial rights licensing of content owners and rights holders. It will also provide information on new techniques for geolocation spoofing and discuss ways to thwart them.

Published
2018-10
Content type
Original Research
Keywords
VPN Detection, DNS Proxy Detection, CDNs, Geo-Piracy, Geolocation Fraud, Content Piracy, Residential IPs
DOI
10.5594/M001848
ISBN
978-1-61482-960-7