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what happens if an IP address is not in the geo db? For example: 2606:4700::6811:
by owl_vision 11mo ago
what happens if an IP address is not in the geo db? For example: 2606:4700::6811:
- ChocolateGod 11mo agoYou check the country the ASN behind the IP belongs to.
- greyface- 11mo agoRIRs don't prohibit out-of-region use of IP addresses or ASNs registered in their region. The country an IP is registered in is not necessarily the country it's being used in.
- ranger_danger 11mo agoAnd they are routinely used in exactly this confusing fashion.
- matt-p 11mo agoASN is even worse, honestly. If I'm behind starlinks AS then I'm American? AWS, I'm also American? Level 3? American. Colt leased line in my office in Madrid, apparently I'm English.
- teekert 11mo agoYou are whatever your VPN exit node is.
- inemesitaffia 11mo agoSOFTNET EUROPE CORP. 6811 Ayala Avenue, Makaty City, Metro Manila, Philippines