fiorix

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1. 31.▲
   by fiorix 13y ago

   I've been using it for freegeoip.net for about 3 months now and so far no problems. Totally worth it!
2. 32.▲
   by fiorix 13y ago

   very true... and besides the activists, everyone here has always a lot to say; just look at all these long replies - too much drama.
3. 33.▲
   by fiorix 13y ago

   It's not. As I explained elsewhere it currently uses MaxMind but there's no affiliation with the company and I might eventually switch to any other db as did many times in the past.
4. 34.▲
   by fiorix 13y ago

   No plans to see anything there. It's a community supported service (volunteer donations only) and will always be. Also, although it currently uses MaxMind's GeoLite, this system has absolutely no affiliation with any company.
5. 35.▲
   by fiorix 13y ago

   This is exactly what I've been doing for the last months and freegeoip.net is part of the change.
6. 36.▲
   by fiorix 13y ago

   ;)
7. 37.▲
   by fiorix 13y ago

   Gotta spend some time on that...
8. 38.▲
   by fiorix 13y ago

   There's definitely room for improvement there, thanks for pointing that out.
9. 39.▲
   by fiorix 13y ago

   Thank you!
10. 40.▲
    by fiorix 13y ago

    Some of the early versions used libgeoip, but the database has changed many times over time; it started with MaxMind data, then switched to ipinfodb.com, then ip2location.com came into the mix, and currently is back to using MaxMind again w
11. 41.▲
    by fiorix 13y ago

    Thanks!
12. 42.▲
    by fiorix 13y ago

    Because freegeoip.net is open source and has always been a personal research project. First versions were written in Python, initially running on GAE, then twisted+cyclone, and currently in Go.
13. 43.▲
    Go-based freegeoip.net now supports SSL for its API(freegeoip.net)

    82 points by fiorix 13y ago|36 comments
14. 44.▲
    by fiorix 13y ago

    hmm, not really... the post ends with: P.S. Don’t use HTTP Basic. Thanks. That just don't make any sense to me and implicitly suggests using other authentication methods.
15. 45.▲
    by fiorix 13y ago

    Why the hell would you over complicate your API with things like s3 auth or other bs like oauth? HTTP Basic Auth works pretty well with SSL and should be enough for most cases. Also, it's dead simple for the API to return a token that can b
16. 46.▲
    by fiorix 14y ago

    this is bad reputation for mongodb anyway
17. 47.▲
    by fiorix 14y ago

    I never suspected that, too.