[188646] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: GeoIP database issues and the real world consequences
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Mon Apr 11 13:41:47 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <CY1PR07MB2200C8F312D43EA2D36610DFFA940@CY1PR07MB2200.namprd07.prod.outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 13:38:54 -0400
To: Steve Mikulasik <Steve.Mikulasik@civeo.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
> On Apr 11, 2016, at 1:34 PM, Steve Mikulasik =
<Steve.Mikulasik@civeo.com> wrote:
>=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 =
default locations it=E2=80=99s chosen, Mather says they=E2=80=99re going =
to change them. They are picking new default locations for the U.S. and =
Ashburn, Virginia that are in the middle of bodies of water, rather than =
people=E2=80=99s homes."
The middle of lake superior and hudson bay would be good choices for the =
US and Canada.
Quick, run a commercial diving team with on-call at the nearest ports.
- Jared
