Re: common checks performed when passing on an IPv4 PA allocation from one end-customer to another

[Martin T <m4rtntns () gmail com>]

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 <colinj () gt86car org uk> wrote:
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> > On 28 Apr 2015, at 10:32, Martin T <m4rtntns () gmail com> wrote:
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> > Hi,
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> > 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?
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> you could use ripe atlas selecting nodes in countries you require and
> destination facbook/google/amazon servers and check results
>
> Colin