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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: Nginx and GeoIP
From:       Togan Muftuoglu <toganm () dinamizm ! com>
Date:       2020-12-21 19:10:02
Message-ID: 87eejj6kmt.fsf () dinamizm ! com
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>>>>> "paka" == Patrick Shanahan <paka@opensuse.org> writes:

paka> * Chuck Payne <terrorpup@gmail.com> [12-21-20 08:30]:
>> Hi,
>>
>> So I need to ask a question. I been looking online for how to block
>> countries using GeoIP with my Nginx installed, I keep seeing
>> geoip-database.
>>
>> If I install the geoipupdate, will that install the database I need? Or do
>> I need to download the geolite tar ball from Maxmind?
>>

paka> it appears that you must now obtain a free license from Maxmind and
paka> configure geoipupdate with the information and then the update will
paka> automatically work (cron).

There is the https://db-ip.com/db/lite.php which doesn't need a licence AFAIK
and this version comes with the xtables-geoip. So maybe there should be some
kind of package available for other usages rather than solely for firewall needs
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