Sh4mefulIP Address: 52.103.176.19 ⚠ IP Confounder
Covers 52.100-103.x.x outbound; PTR: *.outbound.protection.outlook.com
Differentiating between Office 365, including email protection services, and Azure (public cloud) when diagnosing incidents is challenging because they utilize shared Microsoft-owned IP ranges. Most of this is probably O365/Outlook or Defender protection breaking DKIM and SPF authentication. Disambiguation is a work-in-progress.
This page shows DMARC authentication failure data for this IP address. Learn more about this data.
Geolocation Information
- Country:
- DE Germany
- Region:
- Hesse
- City:
- Frankfurt am Main
- Coordinates:
- 50.1169, 8.6837
WHOIS Information
- Network Name:
- MSFT
- CIDR:
52.112.0.0/14, 52.96.0.0/12- Owner:
- Microsoft Corporation
- Org ID:
MSFT- Address:
- One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052
- Reverse DNS:
-
mail-germanywestcentralazrln10222019.outbound.protection.outlook.com
Last updated: 2/5/2026
Analysis
This IP was first observed on October 23, 2024 and most recently on December 11, 2024. It has been associated with 3 failed authentication events affecting 4 messages, representing low but recurring activity. The IP belongs to MSFT (Microsoft Corporation), a network with activity associated with Germany. 2 other IPs in the same /24 subnet (52.103.176.*) also appear in this dataset.
Network Topology
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Nearby IPs
Other IPs in the 52.103.176.0/24 range observed failing DMARC:
52.103.176.1 (2 failures), 52.103.176.18 (2 failures)