> On Jan 20, 2023, at 8:02 PM, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote:
>
> I will repeat what I have been saying since the first discussions of the
> concept of ip geo-location some decades ago…
>
> An IP address is not tied to any of the following:
> Location
> Person
>
> An IP address may be transiently tied to a host. The definition of transient
> in this case can vary widely from a few seconds to multiple years.
> IP Addresses may be tied to an organization (though this is also usually some
> level of transient).
>
> Trying to pretend otherwise in any useful way is fraught.
I think sadly the counterbalance item is that there is some insurance
underwriter or similar that wants a checkbox saying “yes there is a firewall”
or “you do X,Y,Z”.
Or: Sure, I agree with you, and when I’m in Europe or similar and can’t access
my (home) government stuff because they just have off-continent blocked is also
an issue.
Also: water wet.
What I’m actually looking for isn’t so much a soapbox but to find where the
[bad] data is coming from so it can be updated as appropriate. I’m also fine
with telling the customer to phone the service/bank/whatnot (which is what I
did in other cases and as much as I also personally dislike the centralization
of the internet etc) - my customers do seem to really have good experience with
a modern service like YoutubeTV (for example) - oh and it does IPv6 too.
If you see this and go back to the original post, I am interested if you have
seen that prefix or any IP space within it, and if it comes from a feed or set
of aggregated feeds etc, even the name of the company or source/resources there
so I can try knocking on the door.
- Jared
