# A way to detect VPNs

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**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [March 14, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-to-detect-vpns/183231 "2021-03-14T21:35:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-to-detect-vpns/183231/3 "2023-06-17T00:42:22Z")

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The best way i see on other forums is to block any ip is not flagged as “residential ip”, and i think they’re doing it through cloudflare dashboard. I own an RDP from Hetzner and seeing forums blocking the server ip from visiting their posts and getting cloudflare block page. When i checked the IP on [ipinfo.io](http://ipinfo.io) i saw that it’s already flagged as hosting ip

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