[metrics-team] IT Outsourcing LLC not recognised

[Karsten Loesing]

On 2020-07-07 11:10, Iain Learmonth wrote:
> Hi,

Hi Iain,

> On 07/07/2020 09:28, Karsten Loesing wrote:
>> The likely reason is that our AS database is over 6 months old. We
>> didn't update it anymore since MaxMind changed access to their GeoLite2
>> databases:
> 
> For Onionoo, I don't see a reason to not update the database. Only for
> situations where we distribute it are there issues. 6 months is a long
> time, that's probably going to impact the network health and bad relays
> people.
> 
> I've been working with the new system for getting the GeoLite database,
> and all it requires is to sign up for an account and verify an email
> address. Then you can just download the zip file as normal. If you
> include an API key in the URL, you can wget it on the host directly.

I want to agree. I'm also using GeoLite2 for the comparison to the new
database, and continuing with MaxMind at least for Onionoo would solve a
bunch of problems. I'll take a look into any possible legal trouble that
this could mean for Tor. This would be just for Onionoo (and Relay
Search using Onionoo data).

We'll still have to find an alternative for the geoip* files distributed
with Tor itself. I hope that we can use the alternative I have been
working on in the past couple days. Pasting the ticket link once more in
case people want to comment:

https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/metrics/trac/-/issues/32978

> Thanks,
> Iain.

All the best,
Karsten

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