> 1) why would whois info matter to determine where a client is? There > are databases of ip country locations which would make much more > sense, depending on notoriously unreliable whois servers is silly both > from a security point of view and from a reliability point of view.
there are? where are these available? > 3) this is hardly surprising given how totally unenforceable any such > laws might be, anyone can import /net from tip9ug, or use a random > http proxy and make the whole thing pointless (other than keeping out > people like iru). you are missing the point. i don't know any of the specifics and may be speaking out of school, but i have implemented similar restrictions. when i did, the point was keeping the legal department satisfied. there job was protecting the company's interests. and since i am not a lawyer, i'm not much in a posittion to challenge their legal judgement. - erik
