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# Country IP Blocks # Country IP Blocks
## IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO USE THE IPS FOR GEOBLOCKING, THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT. READ THE NOTE BELOW! I've decided to retire this project due to the massive amount of people unable
to understand that the IP lists generated are not suitable for the purposes they
use it for - often geoblocking. Despite repeated notices many just keep ignoring
them.
You want to use <https://ipbl.herrbischoff.com/geoip/> instead. Moving off GitHub was one of the best decisions ever to aid in reducing
signal-to-noise ratio. But I still receive emails about supposedly missing IP
blocks for certain countries.
## Information I'll be continuing this project privately. In the interest of not disrupting
things too drastically and giving everyone an opportunity to notice and migrate,
I'm going to leave this repository in place for the time being. But I cannot be
clearer than this: **It may go away at any time.**
These have a thousand and one uses but are surprisingly hard to come by in If you have a use-case beyond geoblocking for the data, I'd like to hear from
bulk. you. I will gladly restore read-only Git access to the up-to-date private
repository for you.
* IPv4 and IPv6 ranges available. You can find IP lists suitable for country-level geolocation and geoblocking
* Compiled directly from AFRINIC, APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC and RIPENCC data. here:
* Deduplicated and subnets merged for efficiency.
* Simplified and sorted by country TLD.
* CIDR notation.
* Updated hourly, commits only appear when there are changes.
## Note <https://ipbl.herrbischoff.com/geoip/>
There are more than a dozen commercial IP geolocation database providers, and Make sure you adjust to using them from now on.
the accuracy of each provider is different. They get IP address information
from the RIRs, but the assignment changes regularly as some companies release
unwanted IP addresses and others obtain a new block of IP addresses.
The blocks of IP addresses assigned to many companies can, in turn, assign them The same limits as always apply. If you download them in bulk or aggressively
to their users however they want without geographic boundaries. This makes probe for updates, you **will** get blocked. The IPs are updated at most once
pinpointing geolocation of an IP address rather difficult. The accuracy of per day, often even less than that.
geolocation data differs by provider. You can generally expect a 95% to 99%
accuracy for the country level. The more granular you get, the less precise the
data becomes.
This projects downloads the information directly from the local RIRs and is as I can also only repeat encouraging you to become a supporter by setting up a
accurate as the data provided. More often than not, the country attached to an recurring donation on GitHub. I chose GitHub sponsors since it's the easiest
IP range is the one the registering company is located in. There is no reliable to handle and they also absorb all the risk of credit card transactions. I'm
way to determine the physical location of any IP without tracing it separately. doing all of my public work while living off social security (if you call that
"living" and which is about to run out anyway) and fighting off depression
caused by existential dread. Many days I wake up questioning my will to go on.
For an alternative source, please see the companion repository which is likely I'm aware that it's hard for many right now. Money's tight, I get it. I have
more accurate with regards to the expectations of many users. 20 years of experience working in IT. I couldn't get a job despite trying hard.
There's a difference between cutting back on luxuries and having to take on a
minimum wage job as a grocery store clerk just to make ends meet while still
living below the official poverty line despite working. Which is me right now.
<https://herrbischoff.com/code/me/country-ip-blocks-alternative> <https://github.com/sponsors/herrbischoff>