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tax on the virtual world....

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by ultra, Jun 26, 2007.

  1. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    MusicAddict, I am a network engineer by profession; it is my job to work with IPV4. It cannot reliably pinpoint a location. For example, my current IP:

    Code:
    IP address:                     [removed]
    Reverse DNS:                    [removed].dhcp.stpt.wi.charter.com.
    Reverse DNS authenticity:       [Verified]
    ASN:                            20115
    ASN Name:                       CHARTER-NET-HKY-NC
    IP range connectivity:          4
    Registrar (per ASN):            ARIN
    Country (per IP registrar):     US [United States]
    Country Currency:               USD [United States Dollars]
    Country IP Range:               71.64.0.0 to 71.127.255.255
    Country fraud profile:          Normal
    City (per outside source):      Madison, Wisconsin
    Country (per outside source):   US [United States]
    Private (internal) IP?          No
    IP address registrar:           whois.arin.net
    Known Proxy?                    No
    Link for WHOIS:                 [removed]
    
    I am in Wausau, not Madison. Madison is at least an hours drive from here.

    my parent's last IP:

    Code:
    IP address:                     [removed]
    Reverse DNS:                    [removed].plusnet.ptn-ag1.dyn.plus.net.
    Reverse DNS authenticity:       [Verified]
    ASN:                            6871
    ASN Name:                       Plusnet (PlusNet PLC)
    IP range connectivity:          4
    Registrar (per ASN):            RIPE
    Country (per IP registrar):     GB [United Kingdom]
    Country Currency:               GBP [United Kingdom Pounds]
    Country IP Range:               87.112.0.0 to 87.115.255.255
    Country fraud profile:          Normal
    City (per outside source):      London, England
    Country (per outside source):   UK [United Kingdom]
    Private (internal) IP?          No
    IP address registrar:           whois.ripe.net
    Known Proxy?                    No
    Link for WHOIS:                 [removed]
    My parents are 3 1/2 hours drive from London.

    It is the unreliability of IPV4 geolocation methods that is giving me a final year project worthy of my degree.