[163195] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Geoip lookup
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Vest)
Fri May 24 15:21:08 2013
From: Tom Vest <tvest@eyeconomics.com>
In-Reply-To: <2DAB8DD43DA13045A341D800A4E91C9F4A1D66D4@bkexchmbx01.blacknight.local>
Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 15:20:56 -0400
To: "Paul Kelly :: Blacknight" <paul@blacknight.com>
Cc: "'bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com'" <bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com>,
'North American Network Operators Group' <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On May 24, 2013, at 3:27 AM, Paul Kelly :: Blacknight wrote:
>>>=20
>>> Just because I have operations in one region does not preclude =
me
>> from having operations
>>> in other regions. YMMV of course.
>>>=20
>>> /bill
>>=20
>> That was exactly my point, Bill... If you have operations in RIPE and =
ARIN
>> regions, it is entirely possible for you to obtain addresses from =
RIPE or ARIN
>> and use them in both locations, or, obtain addresses from both RIPE =
and
>> ARIN and use them in their respective regions, or mix and match in =
just about
>> any imaginable way. Thus, IP addresses don't reside in regions, =
either. They
>> are merely issued somewhat regionally.
>>=20
>=20
> In theory Maxmind is quite accurate. =46rom 1 x /20 that we own we tag =
different space with the country: flag in the RIPE db. Maxmind picks =
this up after approx 30 days and says it's in Country X vrs country Y.
Interesting.
I wonder how many days it takes the RIPE db to report the correct =
country for those more specifics that you've tagged...
TV
> e.g.
>=20
> $ geoiplookup 81.17.247.64
> GeoIP Country Edition: US, United States
> $ geoiplookup 81.17.247.1=20
> GeoIP Country Edition: IE, Ireland
>=20
> Obviously the RIPE db structure makes this simple. As for other RIRs =
it's not as easy. Like someone else said, it's going to be an 80% =
solution and its really down to good administration from a network =
operator point of view. i.e. if you route some of your RIPE space in =
ARIN territory you should specify the country. There's numerous reasons =
for this but it's just good practice IMO.
>=20
> Pk
>=20
