[188645] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: GeoIP database issues and the real world consequences
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Hammett)
Mon Apr 11 13:38:35 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 12:38:31 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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So they launch exhaustive and expensive searches of lakes instead? :-)=20
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From: "Steve Mikulasik" <Steve.Mikulasik@civeo.com>=20
To: nanog@nanog.org=20
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 12:34:35 PM=20
Subject: RE: GeoIP database issues and the real world consequences=20
Just so everyone is clear, Maxmind is changing their default locations.=20
" Now that I=E2=80=99ve made MaxMind aware of the consequences of the defau=
lt locations it=E2=80=99s chosen, Mather says they=E2=80=99re going to chan=
ge them. They are picking new default locations for the U.S. and Ashburn, V=
irginia that are in the middle of bodies of water, rather than people=E2=80=
=99s homes."=20
