From owner-freebsd-isp Fri May 8 10:49:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA01715 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Fri, 8 May 1998 10:49:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.volant.org (phoenix.volant.org [205.179.79.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA01684 for ; Fri, 8 May 1998 10:49:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from patl@phoenix.volant.org) From: patl@phoenix.volant.org Received: from asimov.phoenix.volant.org [205.179.79.65] by phoenix.volant.org with smtp (Exim 1.62 #1) id 0yXrGl-0003RQ-00; Fri, 8 May 1998 10:49:15 -0700 Received: from localhost by asimov.phoenix.volant.org (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id KAA00716; Fri, 8 May 1998 10:47:23 -0700 Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 10:47:23 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: patl@phoenix.volant.org Subject: Re: Geographical location of IP addresses. To: Atipa cc: jivko@ijs.com, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I'd block certain networks if they are a problem. The only way to screen > by country would be to deny anything w/ a country's DNS name (ipfw add > deny all from *.ca to block Canada, etc.) Even the country code isn't absolute. Some small countries are making money by selling subdomains domains to companies based elsewhere. You may wander why a company would want a domain from a country in which it doesn't even do business. Well, the answer lies in the specific country codes. US radio stations like '.AM' (Armenia) and '.FM' (Federal State of Micronesia). Television stations and studios like '.TV' (Tuvalu). Medical clinics and partnerships go for '.MD' (Republic of Moldova). Other potential candidates would include '.AI' (Anguilla), '.DO' (Dominican Republic), '.ID' (Indonesia), '.IS' (Iceland), '.IQ' (Iraq), '.IT' (Italy), and '.NO' (Norway). -Pat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message