Why does Gmail claim Tor IPs are located in one country when blutmagie.de claims they are located in a different country?
Matthew
pumpkin at cotse.net
Wed Aug 18 15:59:40 UTC 2010
Hello,
I don't understand this.
I go to http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/ and have a look at the exit node
"gigatux" called emohawk2.gigatux.com and located at 78.129.201.189.
This appears to be located in the UK according to blutmagie.de.
When I go to www.ip2location.com it tells me:
IP Address : 78.129.201.189
Location : UNITED KINGDOM,
Latitude / Longitude : 54.15 LATITUDE, -4.473 LONGITUDE
Connecting through : RAPIDSWITCH LTD
However, when I log into Gmail and click the "details" button which
provides me with the "Activity Information" I am informed that:
This computer is using IP address 78.129.201.189. (United States (MA)
This is not the first time I have seen Gmail (Google Mail) claim an exit
node is from a location which exit node websites (like blutmagie.de)
disagree. Why in this case, for example, is Gmail claiming the exit node
IP is in the USA rather than the UK?
Thanks!
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