[address-policy-wg] IPv6 - Geolocation concerns

Hi,

On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 08:23:58AM -0800, Chris Woodfield wrote:
> Generally speaking, the best way to deal with geolocation issues when subdelegating is to make sure that you create INET6NUM objects for your various subnets that include, at minimum, the country from which you expect to advertise them from. WHOIS serves as ground-floor data for most geo databases, so absent other signal, that???s a very good first step.

I agree with this. See also page 10 & the footnotes 17-19 in this document: https://ernw.de/download/ERNW_IPv6_Strategy_RIPE.pdf

cheers

Enno







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> > On Jan 31, 2022, at 8:10 AM, Michalak, Damian <v-Damian.Michalak at lionbridge.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi there,
> >  
> > This is a follow-up question to the older thread (???IPv6 - Using RIPE acquired prefix in other regions???)
> >  
> > Situation: 
> > I have acquired /32 IPv6 prefix from RIPE NCC. Prefix is registered for country: DE.
> > I???m going to create /48 subnets and advertise them from various locations all around the globe.
> >  
> > Question:
> > Do I have to be concerned about geo-location issues? For example someone in US opening Google and getting Google.de <http://google.de/>?
> > If so ??? what???s the best way to address this?
> >  
> > P.S. That???s certainly a concern in IPv4 ??? I do advertise in US a subnet of a bigger supernet (registered in Poland) and Apple.com <http://apple.com/> thinks I???m in Poland.
> >  
> > Thanks
> >  
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