On 05/02/15 20:23, peter green wrote: > On 05/02/15 09:37, Per Jessen wrote: >> IPv6 geo location data is becoming available, see e.g. >> >> http://www.tcpiputils.com/ipv6-geolocation-database >> >> ATM, mirrorbrain doesn't seem to make use of any IPv6 geo location data? >> (at least not for download.opensuse.org) > > I'm fairly sure mirrorbrain can use ipv6 geolocation data if it's set up > to do so. My install certainly does. > > Having said that the maxmind geoipv6 data seems to be fairly crap, for > example it seems to geolocate all freenet6 addresses to canada. The > database you link to seems to have the same problem (at least from the > headline it gives me). Partial, semi accurate data is better than none - looking up my ipv6 prefixes gave me accurate information from the database above. > Building a geolocation database from whois data is one thing but an > accurate geolocation database requires you to go further than that since > the country where an IP block is registered in the whois database may not > be the country the IPs are used in. My understanding is that is usually done from routing info. (e.g. RIPE objects). > what do you see if you use ipv6 to browse to > > http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/pool/main/0/0ad-data/0ad-data-common_0.0.17-1_all.deb.mirrorlist > I get two local mirrors, 23 in Europe. Looks good, much better than what I get at download.opensuse.org. TBH, I probably posted my question with a poor assumption of mirrorbrain == download.opensuse.org. The mirror redirection at raspbian.org is much better than at download.opensuse.org. cheers Per _______________________________________________ mirrorbrain mailing list Archive: http://mirrorbrain.org/archive/mirrorbrain/ Note: To remove yourself from this mailing list, send a mail with the content unsubscribe to the address mirrorbrain-request_at_mirrorbrain.orgReceived on Thu Feb 05 2015 - 21:45:26 GMT
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