[tor-bugs] #14679 [Tor]: geoip seems to have problem with unmapped regions

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#14679: geoip seems to have problem with unmapped regions
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     Reporter:  starlight    |      Owner:
         Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  closed
     Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.7.x-final
    Component:  Tor          |    Version:
   Resolution:  wontfix      |   Keywords:  geoip
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Changes (by karsten):

 * status:  needs_information => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix


Comment:

 A few comments before I close this ticket:

 MaxMind only update their database at most once per month, usually in the
 first week or two.  We usually take one or two weeks to notice, update
 files, file a ticket, and merge files.  For example, if they update on the
 14th and we don't check before the 24th, we'll still ship the file from
 the previous month.  Should be okay.

 Switching from shipping two files to providing contents via an online
 service comes with all kinds of problems from designing a good protocol to
 making infrastructure available.  This is not going to happen unless the
 benefit outweighs the costs, which is not the case yet.

 Updating geoip and geoip6 files is actually pretty simple:

 {{{
 # Last updated based on March 3 2015 Maxmind GeoLite2 Country
 # wget
 https://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz
 # gunzip GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz
 # python mmdb-convert.py GeoLite2-Country.mmdb
 }}}

 The goal was to make it really easy for people to confirm that we're
 providing correct files.

 All in all, I'm closing this ticket.

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