Re: Reliable GeoIP database

[Dan Snyder <sliplever () gmail com>]

I don't feel like there is any reliable GeoIP database. The protocol wasn't
designed for this and thus there is a lot of false information presented
about where IP addresses are located.

On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM Dmitriy A. <dak () prospectone io> wrote:

> We've been dealing with geoip issues for quite a while and this is what we
> came up with, maybe it would be useful for you
> https://github.com/jsdelivr/globalping/blob/master/docs/geoip.md
>
> But we're also in progress of updating the logic to include latency as an
> additional parameter.
>
> On Mon, Feb 3, 2025, 12:20 Scott Q. <qmail () top-consulting net> wrote:
>
> > What are you guys using as a reliable GeoIP database ? I've tried Maxmind
> > and a few others, also checking against ARIN but there's tons of
> > differences.
> >
> > For example: 1.2.9.0/24 . ARIN says it belongs to China Telecom but
> > others say it's part of Russia: https://ipregistry.co/1.2.9.0
> >
> > How to handle such cases ?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Scott​​