The advantage to this product as a intelligence device is to determine on a minimal scale a person specific locale. This is not helpful for a single AOL dialup user, or for a large corporate effort but more to determine paths of streams in a distributive computing method model.
BusinessWeek compiled a nice article describing such, better than I ever could. http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/mar2002/nf20020312_9960.htm -Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Liotta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 2:38 PM Subject: RE: IP to COuntry Mappings > This data is mostly crap. It is simply impossible to determine a remote > computer's location via IP. Worse still, this company didn't even attack > the problem as best they could. They used network owner information as > the basis of location. Just because some company's mailing address is in > Vienna, VA and they assigned me an IP doesn't mean I am in Vienna, VA. > > -Matt > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: WebSite CFtalk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 10:48 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: IP to COuntry Mappings > > > > Nice!, > > > > Would be a nice thing for UDF or WebService.... > > > > :) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Brian Thornton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 20. april 2002 17:52 > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: IP to COuntry Mappings > > > > > > Just a liitle add on folks, > > You can check out iDefenses' list of coutrys to IP address listing at > > http://www.idefense.com/Intell/CI022702.html This may be used in > Echelon > > to track locales of ip's > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
