[tor-relays] Relay in Japan being marked as a US relay?

[Neel Chauhan]

The reality is that there's multiple IP databases, and each operates 
differently.

198.0.0.0/8 is an ARIN IP allocation, and even though the server's in 
Japan, the IP addresses are allocated to a US company, in this case 
Choopa/Vultr.

This is why some databases show the IP in the USA: they might look at 
the first allocation after the RIR, which says "USA".

When I ran Tor exit relays on leased IP space, some abuse reports went 
directly to me, but some went to the IP lessors, not realizing IP 
leasing and reallocations are now commonplace.

-Neel

On Thu, Jan 18 2024 at 12:50:22 PM -0600, NodNet <tor at nodnetwork.org> 
wrote:
> I think tor and Tor Project use IPFire's DB for GeoIP lookups, and 
> 198.13.48.219 shows the following:
> 
>     NETWORK: 198.13.48.0/20
>     AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM: AS20473 - AS-CHOOPA
>     COUNTRY: United States of America
> 
> https://www.ipfire.org/projects/location/lookup/198.13.48.219
> 
> On 1/18/2024 11:22 AM, Jag Talon wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I have a relay in Japan with the IP of 198.13.48.219, but it's being 
>> marked as being in the US. I've tried using different websites like 
>> www.iplocation.net, iplocation.io, and www.wolframalpha.com and 
>> they're all telling me that the IP is in Japan.
>> 
>> I'm wondering if perhaps there's an issue with the GeoIP lookup? Or 
>> perhaps an outdated database?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> 
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