Email address obfuscation in effect -- please
click here to turn it off.
[
Date Prev][
Date Next][
Thread Prev][
Thread Next][
Date Index][
Thread Index]
Spurling, Shannon wrote:
> I am not sure where they get their location information. I have found it
> to be incorrect in a couple of instances, and IP addresses are
> geographically independent. So, there is no particular data tied to an
> IP address, other than the address of the company to which it was
> assigned, that would give an address or location for an IP address.
>
>
> Shannon Spurling
Me either...it correctly reports one of addresses, 65.240.141.160 as
being in Columbia, MO, but even a traceroute only gives KC as a closest
obvious hop except for "carfax1-gw.customer.alter.net" which would
almost have to be entry specific.
Perhaps a database of each provider's backbone and border routers?
--
Begin clever signature:
libido ergo sum
----------End Transmission
_______________________________________________
members mailing list
EMAIL:PROTECTED
http://mlug.missouri.edu/mailman/listinfo/members
Home | FAQ | Server | Presentations | Mailing Lists/Archives | Member Tools | Links | Sponsors | Contact