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   by reincoder 11mo ago

   I am the DevRel for IPinfo. While we recognize that we should have been more accurate in this instance, it’s worth breaking down how our methodology works. We are also rolling out some geolocation tweaks that should neutralize the inaccurac
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   by reincoder 1y ago

   I work for IPinfo, and this is a tangent note on a tangent note. We offer a free IP geolocation database, and we recently started providing an unlimited API query service for free against that database. Maintaining an IP geolocation databas
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   by reincoder 1y ago

   Thank you very much for looking into it. I really appreciate it! I agree with you. I understand the point clearly.
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   by reincoder 1y ago

   I work for IPinfo and provided the data for it. The original intention for the project was to identify data center locations. The original idea of the project came from https://stefansundin.github.io/traceroute-mapper/
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   by reincoder 1y ago

   I work for IPinfo and we provided the data for the project. I would really appreciate your insight on this. We run ping and traceroute operations from 1,200 servers across the world to every (within reason) IP address out there. So, we have
6. 66.▲
   by reincoder 1y ago

   Thank you very much! I work for IPinfo. I am not super familiar with the platform, so it went under my radar. I appreciate the correction.
7. 67.▲
   by reincoder 1y ago

   I work for IPinfo. I did not know that our site was blocked by Firefox Enhanced Tracking Protection. Not sure what I can do here. The project takes the IP addresses you have provided from your traceroute and gets the information related to
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   by reincoder 1y ago

   I work for IPinfo, focusing on data adoption and supporting the wider use of our free services. The dataset the user is accessing (IPinfo Lite) is licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 and does not come with an End User License Agreement (EULA). Most
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   by reincoder 1y ago

   I think the main thing was that we were doing a migration. We operate a very large-scale infrastructure, and our engineering team is super talented. However, you can imagine this is not a very common case. I appreciate you taking a look. Le
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    by reincoder 1y ago

    Here is the postmortem report: https://ipinfo.io/blog/post-mortem-september-17th-api-outage
11. 71.▲
    by reincoder 1y ago

    Here it is: https://ipinfo.io/blog/post-mortem-september-17th-api-outage
12. 72.▲
    by reincoder 1y ago

    I know. We running a postmortem right now.
13. 73.▲
    by reincoder 1y ago

    I work for IPinfo. We working on this issue. My apologies for the inconvenience.
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    by reincoder 1y ago

    I work for IPinfo. If you need IP Address CIDR blocks for any country or ASN, let me know. I have our data in front of me and can send it over via Github Gist. Thank you.
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    by reincoder 1y ago

    Apologies for the late response. It's awesome to see they're using our data. I did not know that. > wouldn't it be possible to just let users download the IPinfo data and use it locally? Does IPinfo offer database download
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    by reincoder 1y ago

    Thank you for sharing the info. In both cases, they could opt to download our database locally and use it through their own API system. We sponsor the AlmaLinux Foundation through a data sponsorship for their mirroring system: https:/
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    by reincoder 1y ago

    I work for IPinfo. What is the context mentioning us here? I'm unsure if graphene uses our data. We process trillions of requests at the moment. I have no clue which services or software even use our data, let alone identifying individ
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    by reincoder 1y ago

    Thank you very much. I wish I could invest more time in this. Just having a dedicated API or backend would mean better selection of IPs, faster gameplay, leaderboards and challenges such as having IP addresses only from a single region or c
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    by reincoder 1y ago

    I made this as meme to guess where a random IP address is geolocated just by looking at the numbers. Then I incorporated ASN and hostname information to introduce a significant winning chance in guessing. This was coded entirely through Cha
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    Show HN: IPguessr – Geolocate Random IPs(abdullahdevrel.github.io)

    5 points by reincoder 1y ago|3 comments
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    by reincoder 1y ago

    I work for IPinfo. If the OP sends me a list of problematic IP addresses, we would be happy to look into them and send back the parent IP ranges. This way, they can block them on the firewall or through a simple IP-based blocklist.
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    by reincoder 1y ago

    IPv4 addresses change about 0.03% each day. https://ipinfo.io/blog/how-many-ips-change-geolocation-over-...
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    by reincoder 1y ago

    Hey Tarik, Nice to meet you. I love the work you have done so far for IPlocate.io. Keep up the good work. The point you have raised is interesting. However, I am not sure about the "Marketing plays a big role" point you made. We a
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    by reincoder 1y ago

    Thank you very much, Nyr. We really appreciate the trust you have placed in us. We are constantly expanding our probe network, and my colleagues are also working on stabilizing and improving the network. From 2025 and beyond, we will be put
25. 85.▲
    by reincoder 1y ago

    I would not say we have a super strong marketing effort, but we genuinely care about developers. That is how the company started, and that is how the company is operating after 12 years. We are super obsessed about any points of friction an
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    by reincoder 1y ago

    I work for IPinfo. Thank you for raising a great point. Integrations and maintenance were major issues when it came to users using the IP database. Usage of our IP database in software and platforms where data download facilities, maintaina
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    by reincoder 1y ago

    I posted this post answering common questions that I think HN might have: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43928949
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    by reincoder 1y ago

    Awesome, thank you very much for posting the announcement on HN. We really appreciate it!
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    Show HN: We (IPinfo) built a free IP data API that supports unlimited requests

    7 points by reincoder 1y ago|0 comments
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    by reincoder 1y ago

    I work for IPinfo — I described my process of how I made the game in the other comment. Using a dataset-based implementation would require me to have a backend, which is out of the scope of this project. Right now, I'm generating rando