New R Package – ipapi (IP/Domain Geolocation)

I noticed that the @rOpenSci folks had an interface to [ip-api.com](http://ip-api.com/) on their [ToDo](https://github.com/ropensci/webservices/wiki/ToDo) list so I whipped up a small R package to fill said gap. Their IP Geolocation API will take an IPv4, IPv6 or FQDN and kick back a ASN, lat/lon, address and more. The [ipapi package](https://github.com/hrbrmstr/ipapi) exposes one function – `geolocate`… Continue reading

Reverse IP Address Lookups With R (From Simple To Bulk/Asynchronous)

R lacks some of the more “utilitarian” features found in other scripting languages that were/are more geared—at least initially—towards systems administration. One of the most frustrating missing pieces for security data scientists is the lack of ability to perform basic IP address manipulations, including reverse DNS resolution (even though it has nsl() which is just… Continue reading