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ClosedForLunch

5:22 pm on Sep 27, 2018 (gmt 0)

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UA : Google-Security-Zonelenny

HOST : sites.google.com

From various IPs in these ranges :

66.249.x.x
72.14.199.x

IP HOST NAME :

rate-limited-proxy-66-249-x-x.google.com
rate-limited-proxy-72-14-199-x.google.com


Yes, 'lenny'.

keyplyr

7:08 pm on Sep 27, 2018 (gmt 0)

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Looks like someone ran Google's security-checkup on your pages: [myaccount.google.com...]

ClosedForLunch

8:14 pm on Sep 27, 2018 (gmt 0)

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I get a few visits each day, which I block.

I've yet to find any reference to this UA anywhere else, with or without 'lenny'.

keyplyr

9:37 pm on Sep 27, 2018 (gmt 0)

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You'll likely only find mention of the UA string if it is explicitly included in the content on some web page.

I just know what it is because of seeing it in my logs for the last year or so. Run a security-checkup of your site, remember the time, then find it in your server logs. It will likely have your own user name appended.

Know that rate-limited-proxy-***.google.com is a metered service anyone can use for any reason. It's usually not Google, although several Google tools do use these ranges. One of the image caching tools used at Google Plus uses Google Proxy ranges, and of course Google's security-checkup.

lucy24

11:25 pm on Sep 27, 2018 (gmt 0)

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66.249.x.x
This is a little too broad to be useful, since it encompasses both the Google crawl range at 66.249.64-79 and the immediately adjacent Googloid this-and-that at 66.249.80-95. (To say nothing of the wholly non-Google business that occupies the remainder of the sector.) Is it the 80-95 area?

ClosedForLunch

9:22 am on Sep 28, 2018 (gmt 0)

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Is it the 80-95 area?


66.249.87.x

66.249.89.x

66.249.91.x

66.249.92.x

and

72.14.199.x

keyplyr

9:35 am on Sep 28, 2018 (gmt 0)

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ClosedForLunch - you're good.

As indicated, this is Google Proxy. No further information is needed.

ClosedForLunch

4:54 pm on Oct 7, 2018 (gmt 0)

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Further investigation reveals Google-Security-Zonelenny bots come from the same IPs as Mediapartners-Google bots.