[OpenIPMap] Geolocating remote peerings at IXPs
Robert Kisteleki
robert at ripe.net
Mon Apr 13 19:25:48 CEST 2015
>> It should be relatively simple to add functionality to the UI to save
>> IP->location info directly. I created a github issue for this, hope to
>> get to it soon:
>> https://github.com/emileaben/django-openipmap/issues/10
>
> Ah, right, I thought there was a rule disallowing edition specifically for IXPs.
>
> Being able to edit IP->location records would be super-useful for IPv6:
> it seems that a number of networks don't configure reverse DNS for their
> routers.
There's a reason why this is called 'OpenIPMap' and not 'OpenRDNSMap' :-)
Ultimately, we want to geolocate IPs, using multiple sources of information
(DNS, user input, IXPs, rtts, ground truth, triangulation, crystal balls, ...)
Cheers,
Robert