I haven't been an actual admin in years (do sales now) but Gasmask is great for managing multiple hosts files so you can easily hop between overrides. Source: about 1 year ago

Then another thing I use is https://github.com/2ndalpha/gasmask which is basically a multiple /etc/hosts editor (in case you're using Mac OS). But Windows/Linux must have their own alternatives. Basically I put fancy names here, like nameofyourproject.localhost or something like that. Source: almost 2 years ago

Damn I got gasMask to use the host file on my mac. Source: about 3 years ago

- The IP should not be flagged as risky by ipdata.co. Source: 7 months ago

Now we have to pick a provider to use. I will use ipdata. Create an account on ipdata.co to get your API key. - Source: dev.to / over 1 year ago

Those IPs are likely flagged as "datacenter". And they may not be squeaky clean either. Check https://ipdata.co/ and https://scamalytics.com/ . Source: about 2 years ago

While investigating I discovered that the popular site https://www.whatismyip.com was regularly disseminating incorrect ASN data for starlink ip's. Every other site I can across had the correct data published, which led me to question just where the former site was obtaining their data. I emailed them, as well as alerting Starlink and both got back to me stating they were in contact with each other, and on it. I... Source: over 2 years ago

How do these people who provide commercial WHOIS APIs (for instance ipdata.co) get their data in the first place, and can I access it? Source: over 2 years ago