Colin, this is a good idea, but in this case the network I am interested in does not have a RIPE Atlas probe.
regards, Martin On 4/28/15, Colin Johnston <col...@gt86car.org.uk> wrote: > > > >> On 28 Apr 2015, at 10:32, Martin T <m4rtn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> as far as I know, some large US Internet companies like Google, >> Facebook or Amazon restrict access to some services for certain >> regions like Crimea or countries like Iran or North Korea. Do they >> rely on services like MaxMind? Or do they use some other method to >> check the geographical location of IP address? If yes, then is there >> an API to check if an address is allowed to use Google, Facebook, etc >> services or not? >> > > you could use ripe atlas selecting nodes in countries you require and > destination facbook/google/amazon servers and check results > > Colin > >
