Re: [tor-dev] Proposal: Check Maxmind GeoIP DB before distributing

2018-07-03 Thread grarpamp
Thanks for your work. You may also consider Africa and South America, Canada, Russia, etc. And locations interior to all such that contacts within an RTT are not as likely to be across a pond or other border, vs as at some edge IX or landing. Cable maps may assist.

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal: Check Maxmind GeoIP DB before distributing

2018-07-03 Thread Katharina Kohls
Hi, On 30.06.2018 13:53, Jaskaran Singh wrote: 5. Dealing with false positives Maxmind calculates geolocation of an IP addr using WHOIS records, Reverse DNS etc. It claims to have precision rate of 99.5% on country level. The other 0.5% is more likely to be those IP addresses for which neither

Re: [tor-dev] Proposal: Check Maxmind GeoIP DB before distributing

2018-07-01 Thread Iain Learmonth
Hi, On 30/06/18 12:53, Jaskaran Singh wrote: > 0. Motivation and Overview > We're using Maxmind's (company registered in the US) GeoIP Database, > which is not just antithetical to the philosophy that one should not > totally rely on a service/software for all needs, but has some serious >

[tor-dev] Proposal: Check Maxmind GeoIP DB before distributing

2018-06-30 Thread Jaskaran Singh
Hi List, Please have a look at this proposal. Filename: Check-Maxmind-GeoIP-DB-before-distributing.txt Title: Check Maxmind GeoIP-DB before distributing Ticket(s): #26240 Author: Jaskaran Singh Created: June 2018 Status: Open 0. Motivation and Overview We're using Maxmind's (company registered