Hello Michael, I really hate to say so, but it does on my machine. Since I spotted a couple of other networks in need of an override the other day (and apparently flubbed up the AS names additions :-/ ), I will hand in a second patchset later on. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks, and best regards, Peter Müller > Hello, > > This doesn’t seem to apply :( > > -Michael > >> On 6 Aug 2021, at 17:07, Peter Müller wrote: >> >> This patch updates the disclaimer blocks at the beginning of the >> override-*.txt files, to be more accurate and helpful to people wishing >> to propose changes to them. >> >> In addition, a remark regarding the A[1-3] country codes has been added. >> >> Signed-off-by: Peter Müller >> --- >> overrides/override-a1.txt | 26 ++++++++++++++++---------- >> overrides/override-a2.txt | 20 ++++++++++++++------ >> overrides/override-a3.txt | 20 +++++++++++++++----- >> overrides/override-other.txt | 26 ++++++++++++++++++-------- >> 4 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/overrides/override-a1.txt b/overrides/override-a1.txt >> index 284c3e8..77d5b08 100644 >> --- a/overrides/override-a1.txt >> +++ b/overrides/override-a1.txt >> @@ -1,19 +1,25 @@ >> # >> # 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). >> +# This file contains Autonomous Systems and IP networks used - in fact or with reasonable >> +# confidence - for publicly available services for forwarding traffic anonymously, such as >> +# VPN providers. >> # >> -# Since it does not make sense to assign them to a county, they >> -# will be flagged as "A1" in the database. >> +# While their country code set is preserved in libloc - unless utterly bogus -, it does not >> +# actually make sense to assign these to a distinct country. Therefore, they will be flagged >> +# as "anonymous proxies" in libloc query results. >> # >> -# Although we do not consider them to be bad entirely, they might >> -# be unwanted in certain scenarios. >> +# For historical reasons, parts of IPFire's web interface use "A1" as a country code for them. >> +# This violates ISO 3166, and might be changed to a different country code inside a reserved >> +# range in the future. >> # >> -# 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. >> +# At the moment, major Tor exit relay providers are included here as well. They will be dropped >> +# from this file in the future, as soon as bug #11754 has been solved and a list of Tor exit >> +# relays is imported dynamically while compiling the database. >> +# >> +# Improvement suggestions are appreciated, please submit them as patches to the location mailing >> +# list. Refer to https://lists.ipfire.org/mailman/listinfo/location and https://wiki.ipfire.org/devel/contact >> +# for further information. >> # >> # Please keep this file sorted. >> # >> diff --git a/overrides/override-a2.txt b/overrides/override-a2.txt >> index 502948f..223b4df 100644 >> --- a/overrides/override-a2.txt >> +++ b/overrides/override-a2.txt >> @@ -1,13 +1,21 @@ >> # >> # 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). >> +# This file contains Autonomous Systems and IP networks used - in fact or with reasonable >> +# confidence - for customers or dial-in pools of satellite-based internet services. >> # >> -# 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. >> +# While their country code set is preserved in libloc - unless utterly bogus -, it does not >> +# actually make sense to assign these to a distinct country, since a satellite connection is >> +# possible from virtually any place in the world. Therefore, they will be flagged as "satellite >> +# providers" in libloc query results. >> +# >> +# For historical reasons, parts of IPFire's web interface use "A2" as a country code for them. >> +# This violates ISO 3166, and might be changed to a different country code inside a reserved >> +# range in the future. >> +# >> +# Improvement suggestions are appreciated, please submit them as patches to the location mailing >> +# list. Refer to https://lists.ipfire.org/mailman/listinfo/location and https://wiki.ipfire.org/devel/contact >> +# for further information. >> # >> # Please keep this file sorted. >> # >> diff --git a/overrides/override-a3.txt b/overrides/override-a3.txt >> index d810d93..b07d4b8 100644 >> --- a/overrides/override-a3.txt >> +++ b/overrides/override-a3.txt >> @@ -1,12 +1,22 @@ >> # >> # 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). >> +# This file contains Autonomous Systems and IP networks used - in fact or with reasonable >> +# confidence - for worldwide anycast services. >> # >> -# It does not make sense to assign them to a certain country, they >> -# will be flagged as "A3" in the database. >> +# While their country code set is preserved in libloc - unless utterly bogus -, it does not >> +# make sense to assign these to a distinct country. Therefore, they will be flagged as "anycast" >> +# in libloc query results. >> +# >> +# For historical reasons, parts of IPFire's web interface use "A3" as a country code for them. >> +# This violates ISO 3166, and might be changed to a different country code inside a reserved >> +# range in the future. >> +# >> +# Improvement suggestions are appreciated, please submit them as patches to the location mailing >> +# list. Refer to https://lists.ipfire.org/mailman/listinfo/location and https://wiki.ipfire.org/devel/contact >> +# for further information. >> +# >> +# Please keep this file sorted. >> # >> >> aut-num: AS69 >> diff --git a/overrides/override-other.txt b/overrides/override-other.txt >> index 045b515..d232fc6 100644 >> --- a/overrides/override-other.txt >> +++ b/overrides/override-other.txt >> @@ -1,14 +1,24 @@ >> # >> -# override-other [.txt] >> +# override-a3 [.txt] >> # >> -# This file contains Autonomous Systems (AS) or IP networks/addresses >> -# whose country information in corresponding RIR data is believed or proven >> -# to be invalid or inaccurate and which do not match to one of the special categories >> -# A[1-3]. >> +# This file contains Autonomous Systems and IP networks whose RIR data are believed to be inaccurate, >> +# incomplete, or bogus on purpose and by chance. A small subset of its entries applies to AS descriptions, >> +# while the majority covers country code assignments. >> # >> -# Such networks might be legitimate (poorly maintained WHOIS data), shady >> -# (networks owned by letterbox companies in offshore jurisdictions) or >> -# hostile (faked RIR data in order to bypass location-based filtering). >> +# The latter are crucial due to location-based firewalling or routing. Inaccurate country code assignments >> +# therefore pose a security threat to these users, especially if being set intentionally to circumvent such >> +# filters. >> +# >> +# The term "Location" may refer to the actual, physical location of a network (usually hard to enumerate >> +# beyond a country-level), or its jurisdiction. To the best of our knowledge, the contents of "country"-fields >> +# in RIR databases were never clarified in this conext. >> +# >> +# When in doubt, the physical location of a network will be used below, especially if the jurisdiction of a >> +# network appears to be not helpful at all, such as offshore letterbox companies on the other end of the world. >> +# >> +# Improvement suggestions are appreciated, please submit them as patches to the location mailing >> +# list. Refer to https://lists.ipfire.org/mailman/listinfo/location and https://wiki.ipfire.org/devel/contact >> +# for further information. >> # >> # Please keep this file sorted. >> # >> -- >> 2.26.2 >