Re: Reliable GeoIP database

[Niels Bakker <niels=nanog () bakker net>]

* qmail () top-consulting net (Scott Q.) [Mon 03 Feb 2025, 12:18 CET]:
> 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 ?

That IP space presently isn't getting announced: 
https://irrexplorer.nlnog.net/prefix/1.2.8.0/21 
so it's anyone's guess as to where it's in use, if at all.


        -- Niels.