And they want to charge me more for the same running shoes and duty, since they think I'm in Canada. I mean, it's *right* there. I can kayak to Canada but don't buy running shoes š
-----Original Message----- From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+bkain1=ford....@nanog.org> On Behalf Of Christopher Morrow Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2021 5:00 PM To: William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: nike.com->nike.com/ca On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 4:52 PM William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 1:48 PM William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 1:42 PM Kain, Becki (.) <bka...@ford.com> wrote: > > > At home, using 8.8.8.8, if I goto > > > https://clicktime.symantec.com/3Uht9nQajoHJ8ns9Tk5znnb7Vc?u=www.ni > > > ke.com, I get rerouted to nike.com/ca. I cleared the dns cache > > > (Iām running Catalina macos) and rebooted just because. Anyone > > > else seen a weirdism on this? thanks > > > > Welcome to Why You Shouldn't Make Customer-Visible Decisions Based > > On DNS Resolver Geolocation or DNS Load Balancing Sucks 101. > > > > Nike.com is geolocating the server IP address which requests the web > > site address. This isn't yours or 8.8.8.8 but instead some unicast > > IP address to which your 8.8.8.8 packet was routed. Possibly in Canada. > > Nike appears to think so. > > Though I'm probably talking out my tail since this is an HTTP redirect quite possible' :) (you don't normally, but I think the HTTP thing is the 'gotcha') > which would know your originating IP address (unless you're knowingly > or unknowingly using a proxy). the flow here is PROBABLY: "some dns query which doesn't really matter" by client "some http(s) connect to the server by the client (beki)" "server looks up 'client address' in a 'database of geo ip mapping' and says; "you are in CA(nada) so... 302 /ca pls!" good times! :) (also, typical geo ip problems :( bummer!) > > -Bill > > > > -- > Hire me! > https://clicktime.symantec.com/32qZnFpJTAE5S9HAzgn8RnY7Vc?u=https%3A%2 > F%2Fbill.herrin.us%2Fresume%2F
