Hi, I’m out of office till 22 August. Any RIPE Labs related queries can be sent to l...@ripe.net and one of my colleagues will get back to you.
Cheers, Alun On 22 Aug 2022, at 07:47, Alun Davies via db-wg <db-wg@ripe.net> wrote: > Hi, > > I’m out of office till 22 August. Any RIPE Labs related queries can be sent > to l...@ripe.net and one of my colleagues will get back to you. > > Cheers, > Alun > > On 29 Jul 2022, at 16:04, Massimo Candela via db-wg <db-wg@ripe.net> wrote: > > > > I'm not against making the purpose of the database more explicit towards > geolocation data. I was just commenting that I don't see why the current > generic purposes are not good enough (especially since we have a bunch of > other attributes, including "geoloc"). > > > On 29/07/2022 11:22, denis walker wrote: > > > Geofeed wants to correct geolocation problems. The geofeed attribute is > exactly a way to "coordinate between network operators" (with, or > without, the intermediation of geolocation providers). Geolocation > problems impact the availability/performance of content/services. The > medium is the network. Geolocation problems are network problems. > No, "geofeed:" is not covered by this purpose. It may be provided by > network operators but it is not 'used' by them. > > And by who is used? > > It has nothing to do > with 'network problem resolution > > This is a weird statement. The network has a physical/geographical component, > is not just topology and protocols. > > We have CDNs doing great moneys by offering solutions to this problem. > > It is, as > I suggested, data that is used by external services. > > The data is not -used- by external services! > > There are external services, like geolocation providers, aggregating it, but > the data is -used- by other network operators on the other side. > > Even more, some operators started collecting geofeed data directly, without > the intermediation of geolocation providers. A great example of it is Google. > > The producer and the final user is always a network operator. > > ISP -> content > content -> CDN > content -> transit > ISP -> geoloc provider -> content > etc. > > > Ciao, > Massimo > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, get a password reminder, or change > your subscription options, please visit: > https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/db-wg > -- > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, get a password reminder, or change > your subscription options, please visit: > https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/db-wg
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