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[–] FrozenHandle@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Yeah it's a huge source of problems. If you are outside the US your IPv6 prefix is never gonna be correct in every GeoIP database, even if you send a request to have it corrected, so you sometimes get geoblocked and other sites just block you because it sometimes gets classified as VPN.

[–] eclipse@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I agree. GeoIP was never a good idea, but here we are. Any ASN could be broken up and routed wherever (and changed) but it's still far too prevalent.

[–] hank_and_deans@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I did it by acquiring my own AS number and prefix, allowing me to set the geofeed, and announcing it via public BGP from a box in a data center. Took a few days for most things to pick it up the geolocation.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago

Sounds (labor and money) expensive.

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What's the best way to spoof geoip on ipv6 ?

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago

It's the same as IPv4 (tunnel) except as mentioned above its still hard to get an IP with the right label