Am Sonntag, 10. Februar 2013 schrieb Karsten Loesing : > On 2/10/13 8:20 AM, David Gilbert wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm operating 6 relays in the EC2 where 4/6 claim to be located outside > > the US but only 1/6 show up as outside of the US based on the IP address > > and report on atlas (https://atlas.torproject.org/#search/relay1org, > > don't heckle, I'm getting an idea of pricing and boosting speed over the > > next 5 months). > > Hi David, > > Atlas is wrong here, because its back-end service Onionoo uses an > outdated GeoIP database. I'll look into updating it today. > > Recent Tor clients use an updated GeoIP database which resolves these > addresses to US, JP, IE, US, AU, and SG.
Atlas, or rather its back-end service, now uses a more recent GeoIP database from January 2013 that locates 3 of your 6 relays outside of the U.S. Best, Karsten > (I can't say much about the rest of your question, and rather than > guessing, I'll leave it to somebody else.) > > Best, > Karsten > > > > Now, I'm curious if the IP address vs region it's supposedly operating > > in matters at all. Will people in the middle east be less likely to > > connect to my Tokyo/Singapore based relays because the IP address shows > > its in the USA? Or any other issues? > > > > Also, if this does in fact affect the effectiveness of my relays in > > those regions, has anyone had experience being able to acquire an IP > > from Amazon for other regions? I do not have a support contract, since > > I'm paying for this out of my own pocket so I'm unable to contact tech > > support. I would be inclined to pay whatever fees it costs to get it > > done, if I knew exactly what it is I need to do. > > > > - David > > _______________________________________________ > > tor-relays mailing list > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > > > >
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