How can I verify the ownership of an IP-address? - 26.26.26.x - Lemmy.World

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14131393 [https://lemmy.world/post/14131393] >Recently discovered the following two addresses in my DNS-filter, 26.26.26.1 and 26.26.26.2. How can I confirm that these belong to? These are both public-ip addresses but seems to be owned by the US Military? > > If I look at https://www.abuseipdb.com/check/26.26.26.2 [https://www.abuseipdb.com/check/26.26.26.2], it says it belongs to: > > ISP: DoD Network Information Center > Type: Military > Country: US. > > What does this mean? As far as I’ve researched, its got something to do with Socks protocol? This Github repo I found seems to be using it too, but why is it used? If anyone knows, id very much appreciate your help. > > https://github.com/PeterCxy/SocksDroid/blob/master/app/src/main/groovy/net/typeblog/socks/SocksVpnService.groovy [https://github.com/PeterCxy/SocksDroid/blob/master/app/src/main/groovy/net/typeblog/socks/SocksVpnService.groovy]