[110375] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Looking for verification that Google and Akamai have the geo-ip
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Skinner)
Sun Jan 4 18:52:23 2009
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 23:52:15 +0000
From: Greg Skinner <gds@gds.best.vwh.net>
To: Martin Hannigan <martin@theicelandguy.com>
In-Reply-To: <d99aaed40901022231j6d7731b7sa32b248c59d9a344@mail.gmail.com>;
from martin@theicelandguy.com on Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 01:31:28AM
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Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 01:31:28AM -0500, Martin Hannigan wrote:
> Overall, geo location has turned out to be a somewhat valuable tool in terms
> of language, fraud, and localization. I think that it's important to
> continue to urge improvements in this technology, not divestment.
I don't see how this technology can be improved past a certain point,
because the criteria that are used to determine location are only
coincidentally tied to location (they are the result of administrative
policy and/or configuration). At best, they provide a false sense of
"security".
--gregbo
