Re: [PATCH] country override files: inital checkin

["Peter Müller" <peter.mueller@link38.eu>]

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Hello Michael,

> Hello Peter,
> 
> thanks a good start so far.
> 
> I will shortly set up a Git repository and merge these commits.
> However, I think it is a good idea to give you write permissions to
> that so that you can push changes yourself.
All right.
> 
> Will we also put the scripts into the same repository?
Yes, I think so. At the moment, it would be one to gather Tor relay
IP addresses.

Best regards,
Peter Müller
> 
> Best,
> -Michael
> 
> On Tue, 2017-12-19 at 16:16 +0100, Peter Müller wrote:
> > Initially create manual override files for country data.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Peter Müller <peter.mueller(a)link38.eu>
> > ---
> >  country-overrides/override-a1.txt    | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> >  country-overrides/override-a2.txt    | 11 +++++++++++
> >  country-overrides/override-a3.txt    | 10 ++++++++++
> >  country-overrides/override-other.txt | 12 ++++++++++++
> >  4 files changed, 51 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 country-overrides/override-a1.txt
> >  create mode 100644 country-overrides/override-a2.txt
> >  create mode 100644 country-overrides/override-a3.txt
> >  create mode 100644 country-overrides/override-other.txt
> > 
> > diff --git a/country-overrides/override-a1.txt b/country-overrides/override-a1.txt
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..08eabfd
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/country-overrides/override-a1.txt
> > @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
> > +#
> > +# override-a1 [.txt]
> > +#
> > +# This file contains Autonomous Systems (AS) or IP networks/adresses
> > +# which are - in fact or with a high level of confidence - anonymous
> > +# proxies (special country code: A1).
> > +#
> > +# Since it does not make sense to assign them to a county, they
> > +# will be flagged as "A1" in the database.
> > +#
> > +# Although we do not consider them to be bad entirely, they might
> > +# be unwanted in certain scenarios.
> > +#
> > +# Please note only long-living Tor relay providers with static IPs
> > +# are listed here, as the list of all Tor relays will be dynamically
> > +# generated by another script.
> > +# 
> > +
> > diff --git a/country-overrides/override-a2.txt b/country-overrides/override-a2.txt
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..2ce00d0
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/country-overrides/override-a2.txt
> > @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> > +#
> > +# override-a2 [.txt]
> > +#
> > +# This file contains Autonomous Systems (AS) or IP networks/addresses
> > +# which are - in fact or with a high level of confidence - belonging
> > +# to satellite network providers (special country code: A2).
> > +#
> > +# Since a satellite uplink connection is possible from almost
> > +# anywhere in the world, it does not make sense to assign them to a
> > +# specific country. They will be flagged as "A2" in the database.
> > +#
> > diff --git a/country-overrides/override-a3.txt b/country-overrides/override-a3.txt
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..4fbcdeb
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/country-overrides/override-a3.txt
> > @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
> > +#
> > +# override-a3 [.txt]
> > +#
> > +# This file contains Autonomous Systems (AS) or IP networks/addresses
> > +# which are - in fact or with a high level of confidence - believed
> > +# to be worldwide anycast instances (special country codes: A3).
> > +#
> > +# It does not make sense to assign them to a certain country, they
> > +# will be flagged as "A3" in the database.
> > +#
> > diff --git a/country-overrides/override-other.txt b/country-overrides/override-other.txt
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..d7ba5b9
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/country-overrides/override-other.txt
> > @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
> > +#
> > +# override-other [.txt]
> > +#
> > +# This file contains Autonomous Systems (AS) or IP networks/addresses
> > +# whose country information in the WHOIS is not identical to their
> > +# physical location and which do not match to one of the special categories
> > +# A[1-3].
> > +#
> > +# Such networks might be legitimate (poorly maintained WHOIS data)
> > +# or hostile (faked WHOIS data in order to bypass country filtering or
> > +# to hide the owners' identity).
> > +#