[db-wg] Change of Country entries in the database
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Hank Nussbacher
hank at att.net.il
Fri Oct 10 11:20:26 CEST 2003
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, Engin Gunduz wrote: > ---quote > The RIPE Network Management Database contains information about IP > address space allocations and assignments. This information also > indicates the country where resources were first allocated or assigned. > However it is not intended that the data be considered as an > authoritative statement of the location where any specific resource > may currently be in use. > > Therefore using this information for IP to country mapping may result in > inaccuracies and, as a result, in user's confusion in many cases. > > For instance, as the Internet is global, it is easy for users to either > intentionally or unintentionally use IP addresses that have been assigned to > a company conducting business in another region.For example, a user in > Italy may be receiving ISP service from a company who gets a link to Japan via > a satellite company run out of the US.Which company has the space > registered depends on their business and networking arrangements. > ---end quote > > Indeed, because of this reason, it might be good idea to obsolete > "country:" attribute in the inetnums. What do you think about > this? Please don't. 99.9% accurate info is better than 0% info. -Hank
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