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MattK_Censys
MattK_CensysCensys Community Manager
posted in Censys Platform Q&A
Upcoming enhancements to Censys IPv6 data records

Beginning May 1, 2025, the number of IPv6 records in Censys host datasets will drop by approximately 492 million. These 492 million records represent data that is identical to data on other records and of very low utility. The records will remain in Censys historical datasets.This drop in IPv6 data records is due to a change that Censys made to our scanning infrastructure in mid-April. The Censys team made this change to ensure that our data remains accurate, representative of the global public internet, and easy to search.Censys scanners continue to scan web properties that resolve to the IPs for which duplicate records are being dropped. IPv4 records are unaffected. This change will not affect domain-based scanning behavior.If you have any questions about this change, feel free to ask in the comments on this post.

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tzh00203New Participant
asked in Censys Platform Q&A
Error downloading Universal Internet Dataset using the API

I've requested research access for my account. And I have been set the right value for $CENSYS_API_ID and $CENSYS_API_SECRETHowever, the server sends me “error message” so I seek for help to download data with my api.curl -X "GET" "https://search.censys.io/api/v1/data/universal-internet-dataset-v2-ipv4" -H "Accept: application/json" --user "$CENSYS_API_ID:$CENSYS_API_SECRET"{"status": "error", "error": "This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the document you requested.  Either you supplied the wrong credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser does not understand how to supply the credentials required.", "error_type": "unknown"}

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RittickFrequent Contributor
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Support for "host.whois.network.cidrs"/ "whois.network.cidrs" in Report Builder

Hi Censys Team,I'm trying to generate a report in the Report Builder using the host.whois.network.cidrs/whois.network.cidrs (in legacy censys) field to analyze CIDR blocks associated with WHOIS records, but it seems this field is not currently supported. When attempting to build the report, I get the following error in the legacy one:Error 422. Invalid field: Term aggregations are not supported. If you believe this is an error on our part, please contact us. and here's a screenshot for the same in new platform:It appears that term aggregations for host.whois.network.cidrs / whois.network.cidrs are either disabled or not yet implemented in the Report Builder. This field would be extremely useful for understanding IP space distribution across organizations or registrants at a CIDR level.Could you please confirm if this field will be supported in future updates? If not currently on the roadmap, I’d love to request this as a feature enhancement.Thanks in advance!

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Censys_PowerNew Participant
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Issue with API Query Results - Only First Page Saved in JSON

I recently upgraded my account to use the API after the recent platform update.I am using Windows CMD to run queries and successfully download the results as a JSON file.However I noticed that the JSON file only contains the first page of results, while the full query results are available when I run the same query on the website I would like to download the entire set of results as a JSON file. Could you please guide me on how to achieve this uising the API? curl -X "POST" "https://api.platform.censys.io/v3/global/search/query?organization_id=secret" --header "X-Organization-ID: secret" --header "Accept: application/json" --header "Authorization: secret" --header "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"query\":\"1.1.0.0\"}" > 1.1.json  

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AAANew Participant
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Redirection loop when login to Censys platform

I was trying to use censys platform but keep getting redirected between platform and the account page. Tried different browsers such as Firefox, Chrome etc. Cleared browser caches, cookies, incognito mode… all didn’t work.

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hardik070New Participant
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Censys search redirects me to Censys platform.

Hello,I noticed that when I log in and attempt to access Censys Search, I am automatically redirected to the Censys Platform. As a result, I am unable to access the legacy search interface.Could you please clarify if there is still a way to access the legacy search?Additionally, with Censys Search being deprecated after March 31st, I wanted to confirm whether this deprecation also applies to the v2 APIs, or if only the legacy search interface will be affected.Also is threat hunting capability added?Thank you for your guidance!

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