Re: Whois information for assigned PA

[Shane Kerr shane@localhost]

Yawhen Kasarzhewski,

On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 02:34 +0200, Yawhen Kasarzhewski wrote:
> can anyone advise which country should contain the record for 'assigned 
> PA' address?
> Should it be the country of location of the person/company to which PA 
> was assigned or the country of location of the server and it's 
> datacentre to which it was assigned?
> 
> Seems, in former case geoip databases will determine the country 
> incorrectly, won't they? But the location of the owner will be seen in 
> both cases in the address field.

This confusion is the reason I always discouraged people from doing IP
to country mapping using the RIPE database. However, there is a huge
demand for IP-based geo-location, and no other real sources of
information, so people do it.

So, the best approach is probably to document what you think the most
likely location of the users of the IP addresses will be. This is likely
to become increasingly difficult due to iPhones and the like, but it is
the only tool we have until people start implementing protocols that
allow end users to pass this information on.

> Is there any RIPE policy regarding that?

Not that I know of.

--
Shane