From: David Lang <david@lang.hm>
To: Spencer Sevilla <spencer.builds.networks@gmail.com>
Cc: David Lang <david@lang.hm>,
Dave Taht via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net>,
"Livingood, Jason" <Jason_Livingood@comcast.com>,
Frantisek Borsik <frantisek.borsik@gmail.com>
Subject: [Starlink] Re: Lost in Space: The Limits of Geolocation in a Satellite-Connected World (new article from Geoff Huston)
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 16:05:23 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2518qp9p-1qrp-p185-1os8-qpo57s3s2n0q@ynat.uz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <853161C6-6C99-47BF-B0BB-AA8D9BAD512F@gmail.com>
Spencer Sevilla wrote:
> I could certainly see some use for IP-based geolocation going forward, less as
> a concrete primary source and more as a cross-check on other location-based
> tools for e.g. security purposes.
between VPNs and just incomplete data in the geoip databases, it's questionable
how useful this is as a security source (it's not worthless, but it's not worth
a lot) see the poor farm in Kansas that gets all the attention from geoip based
responses where only the country is known.
David Lang
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-01 23:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-01 5:34 [Starlink] " Frantisek Borsik
2025-10-01 5:56 ` [Starlink] " J Pan
2025-10-01 16:46 ` Michael Richardson
2025-10-01 17:40 ` J Pan
2025-10-01 21:08 ` Michael Richardson
2025-10-01 22:50 ` J Pan
2025-10-01 13:18 ` Livingood, Jason
2025-10-01 21:22 ` David Lang
2025-10-01 21:51 ` Spencer Sevilla
2025-10-01 22:48 ` J Pan
2025-10-01 23:05 ` David Lang [this message]
2025-10-02 4:34 ` J Pan
[not found] ` <22339.1759337017@obiwan.sandelman.ca>
2025-10-01 16:47 ` Michael Richardson
2025-10-01 21:13 ` David Lang
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