RE: Geoip lookup

["Frank Bulk \(iname.com\)" <frnkblk () iname com>]

Here's a few more resources:
http://www.ipdeny.com/ipblocks/
http://www.nirsoft.net/countryip/


Frank

-----Original Message-----
From: shawn wilson [mailto:ag4ve.us () gmail com] 
Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2013 11:27 PM
To: info () cymru com
Cc: North American Network Operators Group
Subject: Re: Geoip lookup

If anyone is interrested, here's a little Perl CLI util to lookup what
countries registered networks within a block. There's no documentation
yet, it's a .pl where it should probably be a command with a makefile
installer, and Net::CIDR overlaps Net::IP. At any rate, hopefully it
is useful to someone.

https://github.com/ag4ve/geocidr

PS - do note the -mask option (where you can define say, a 20 or 21 or
22) so that you're not sitting there banging on their DNS looking up
tons of /32s for blocks CYMRU doesn't have any information on.

On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:44 AM, John Curran <jcurran () arin net> wrote:
> On May 24, 2013, at 10:47 AM, David Conrad <drc () virtualized org> wrote:
>
> > I replied privately to Owen, but might as well share:
> >
> > On May 23, 2013, at 11:57 PM, Owen DeLong <owen () delong com> wrote:
> > > > > > True, according to (at least some of) the RIRs they reside in regions...
> > > > > Really? Which ones? I thought they were only issued to organizations that had operations in regions.
> > > That was exactly my point, Bill... If you have operations in RIPE and ARIN regions, it is entirely possible for you 
> > > to obtain addresses from RIPE or ARIN and use them in both locations, or, obtain addresses from both RIPE and ARIN 
> > > and use them in their respective regions, or mix and match in just about any imaginable way. Thus, IP addresses 
> > > don't reside in regions, either. They are merely issued somewhat regionally.
> >
> > A direct quote from a recent interaction with ARIN (this was requested by ARIN staff as part of the back and forth 
> > for requesting address space):
> >
> > "Please reply and verify that you will be using the requested number resources within the ARIN region and announcing 
> > all routing prefixes of the requested space from within the ARIN region. In accordance with section 2.2 of the NRPM, 
> > ARIN issues number resources only for use within its region. ARIN is therefore only able to provide for your 
> > in-region numbering needs."
> >
> > I believe AfriNIC and LACNIC have similar limitations on use but am too lazy to look it up (and I don't really care 
> > all that much: just thought it was amusing).
>
> Indeed.  This was covered in more detail in the Policy Experience Report
> given at the ARIN 31, in which it was noted that we are seeing an increase
> in requests for IPv4 address space from parties who have infrastructure in
> the region, but for customers entirely from outside the region.  This has
> resulted in a significant change in the issuance rate and therefore any
> estimates for regional free pool depletion.  ARIN has sought guidance from
> the community regarding what constitutes appropriate in-region use, should
> this be based on infrastructure or served customers, and whether incidental
> use outside the region is appropriate.  (This topic was also on this list on
> 26 April 2012 - see attached email from that thread)   Policy proposals in
> this area to bring further clarity in address management are encouraged.
>
> FYI,
> /John
>
> John Curran
> President and CEO
> ARIN
>
> ===
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: John Curran <jcurran () arin net>
> > Subject: Re: "It's the end of the world as we know it" -- REM
> > Date: April 26, 2013 10:43:51 AM EDT
> > To: "nanog () nanog org Group" <nanog () nanog org>
> >
> > On Apr 26, 2013, at 10:23 AM, Chris Grundemann <cgrundemann () gmail com> wrote:
> > > One interesting twist in all of this is that several of these new
> > > "slow-start" players in the ARIN region seem to be servicing customers
> > > outside of the region with equipment and services hosted here inside
> > > the ARIN region (see slide 12 on the ARIN 31 "Policy Implementation
> > > and Experience Report"
> > > https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/reports/ARIN_31/PDF/monday/nobile_policy.pdf).
> >
> > NANOG Folks -
> >
> > Please read this slide deck, section noted by Chris.  It explains the
> > "situation"...  (I would not call the sudden acceleration in IP address
> > issuance a problem, per se, as that is an judgement for the community
> > either way.)
> >
> > FYI,
> > /John
> >
> > John Curran
> > President and CEO
> > ARIN