Why are there no GeoDNS solutions anywhere in sight?

Masataka Ohta mohta at necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp
Thu Mar 21 04:29:34 UTC 2013


Constantine A. Murenin wrote:

> Why even stop there:  all modern browsers usually know the exact
> location of the user, often with street-level accuracy.

If you think mobile, they don't, especially because "often" is
not at all "enough times".

> Why is there no way to do any of this?

Because it is impractical to assume an IP address can be mapped
uniquely to a geolocation.

						Masataka Ohta




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