Re: Identifying location by host IP number

At 15:42 +0300 25/06/00, Lauri V=94in wrote:
>
>You could also use TraceRoute to see which computers are between you and th=
e
>target to see where the target is from. People are usually connected to ISP
>near them so you can find out where they are quite precisely.
>
etc.

What I'm looking for is not a way to trace individual users after the 
event - but a mechanism that will map IP numbers to a regional table 
on the fly, and route users to a different page depending on their 
presumed geographical region.

=46or example, a user presumed to be located in North America would see 
a different page to someone in Europe or Asia.

=46or this what is required is:

-- an environment variable that provides the true IP number of the 
end-user (and not that of a proxy, which may be situated in a totally 
different part of the world to the user)

-- a table which maps blocks of IP numbers to world regions and/or countries=
=2E

Is this possible, and if so, where can I find the required resources?

[I realise that the answer to my question may be somewhere in the 
vast documentation of the www.arin.net or www.icann.org sites, but I 
was hoping that someone on this list would have a quick answer]

Thanks for any help.



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