The State of the Map: Advancing IP Geolocation via Geofeeds and RIR Standards

Abstract

While IP addresses were never designed to carry geographic context, a range of web content on the modern Internet relies on geolocation for everything from content licensing and localized routing to fraud prevention and regulatory compliance. Historically, this data has been inferred through third-party "black box" databases, often leading to "digital sinkholes" and slow correction cycles for network operators.

This panel brings together key stakeholders from ISPs, Geolocation Data Providers, and ARIN to discuss the standardization and operational evolution of Geofeeds (RFC 8805 and the recently matured RFC 9632 and 9877). We will explore how the industry is harmonizing an inference-based model with an operator-declared model, the challenges of maintaining data hygiene, and the role of Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) in providing a canonical discovery mechanism.

Moderator:
Matthew Wilder, TELUS

Panelists:
Luna, MaxMind
Mark Kosters, ARIN
Oliver Gasser, IPinfo
Marcus Jackson, Amazon
Tony Tauber, Comcast

https://nanog.org/events/nanog-97/content/5749/

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